10/17/2017
Lloyds Can't Shake Troubled Past in Suit Over HBOS Takeover
The case is the second shareholder lawsuit relating to the financial crisis.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
10/17/2017
Real Madrid star Marcelo accused of defrauding Spanish tax authorities of £437,000 by using foreign companies to handle image rights
Who has been playing for Real Madrid since moving from Brazilian club Fluminense in 2007.
10/16/2017
Hong Kong, Switzerland in Tax Agreement
The Swiss government initiated a consultation on the Hong Kong AEOI.
10/16/2017
UBS, Standard Chartered IPO Lawsuit Dropped
The company is now in liquidation and has been delisted from the Hong Kong exchange.
10/16/2017
Nine Appleby Offices Recognised in 2018 IFLR1000 Guide
The IFLR1000 is the guide to the world’s leading financial law firms.
10/16/2017
Private Client 2017: Analysis
The practitioners listed assist some of the most successful and influential individuals, families and organisations in the world on their legal needs both domestically and internationally.
10/16/2017
Passports for purchase: Open citizenship doors around the world
"Most of the individuals making these types of investments are high net-worth entrepreneurs with net worths of about $2- to $15 million."
10/16/2017
ASIC accepts enforceable undertaking from Sentinel Private Wealth
The EU follows an ASIC surveillance of SPW’s business, which was prompted by actions taken against two of its financial advisers.
10/16/2017
Gibraltar Publishes Draft Regulations for Blockchain Startups
Extensive work and research with leading industry experts then led to three public consultations on the subject
10/16/2017
Maltese journalist who exposed Panama Papers links killed by car bomb
One of the topics the veteran reporter examined was what the documents from the 2016 leak said about Malta.
10/14/2017
Communiqué of the Thirty-Sixth Meeting of the International Monetary and Financial Committee
We will refrain from competitive devaluations, and will not target our exchange rates for competitive purpose
10/13/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
HMT: draft Risk Transformation Regulations 2017 for ILS
10/13/2017
BBC told to pay Boris Becker's fees to accountants handling his bankruptcy
Television chiefs hiring Boris Becker as a tennis pundit have been told to pay his fees straight to accountants handling his multimillion pound bankruptcy.
10/13/2017
Britain's rich offered anonymity to tell HMRC why they dodge paying up - in £80,000 taxpayer-funded study
Taxpayers will pay up to £80,000 for a research firm to interview both complaint and non-compliant individuals who are worth at least £10milion.
10/13/2017
SEC to Review Guggenheim’s Bob Diamond-Linked Investments
Guggenheim has been a shareholder of Diamond’s African banking venture, Atlas Mara Ltd., since its 2013 initial public offering.
10/13/2017
One of Britain's richest men inherits billions and avoids paying inheritance taxes
The Duke of Westminster's £8.3 billion fortune is believed to have been handed down to his son, Hugh Grosvenor
10/12/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
Treasury letter on Brexit and financial services contracts
10/12/2017
Six Appleby Lawyers in Jersey Ranked by UK Guide
Jersey office Managing Partner Michael Cushing said: “We are delighted to have been recognised once again in the Legal 500 UK Guide for the work we undertake in Jersey."
10/11/2017
New AML regulations come into force
The adoption of the AML Regulations is part of the update of the Cayman Islands anti-money laundering regime following on from the updated Proceeds of Crime Law which took effect earlier this year.
10/11/2017
Herbert Smith Freehills - Financial regulation update
ECON approves Commission proposal to amend BRRD