04/19/2017
Top Civil Lawyer Hired to Investigate Swiss Banks
Banks have been paying billions of dollars over the past few years for small infractions of KYC.
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
04/18/2017
Update: FCA identifies asset management concerns and unveils platform review
In regulator's Sector Views paper
04/18/2017
Hedge Fund Tax A Bad Idea
Hedge fund managers don't need to live in Connecticut.
04/17/2017
RegTech innovation and adoption- Impact, drivers, barriers
The rise of FinTech is accompanied by growth in the closely associated area of RegTech.
04/17/2017
Wealth Managers to Reveal Fund Fees
The disclosure requirements could be bad timing
04/17/2017
Tax evasion issue continues to haunt Swiss banking
Customers have withdrawn billions of francs as a result often some of the banks’ highest-margin business.
04/17/2017
This Man Can Help You Escape the IRS Forever
A handful of relatively stable nations court wealthy foreigners with sweet tax deals if they become citizens.
04/17/2017
The Lure of Europe's Tax Havens
The same cannot be said of corporate tax avoidance and evasion.
04/17/2017
What wealth managers can learn from the Wells Fargo scandal
Every firm is different. Every day is different. Every employee is different.
04/13/2017
Obtaining Cypriot citizenship by investment
Cyprus is at the crossroads of Europe, the Middle East and Africa, making it ideally suited for inward investment.
04/13/2017
Morgan Stanley Fined $1M Over FA Sales Contest
Galvin first brought charges over the sales contest in October, and at the time, Morgan Stanley said they were without merit.
04/12/2017
TISE gains recognition from German regulator, BaFin
The application to BaFin was supported by the German Investment Funds Association, BVI (Bundesverband Investment und Asset Management).
04/12/2017
Banks Behaving Badly: Wells Fargo, Barclays Show Little Has Changed
The whistleblowing mechanism at Barclays is almost irreparably broken as a result
04/12/2017
Newsletter 4/2017 - French tax authorities do not benefit from HSBC customer data stolen in Geneva
It looks as if France is so far the only country with such a committment towards Switzerland.
04/12/2017
Appleby advise PraxisIFM on its listing on The International Stock Exchange
The transaction is an excellent example of the expertise of our pragmatic, client-centric and solution driven cross jurisdictional team.
04/12/2017
UBS Must Face Trial On Whether Holding Co. Was Customer
U.S. Magistrate Judge William Matthewman, who is fielding the case without a district judge, said the facts of the case could be interpreted in favor of either UBS or Bounty Gain Enterprises Inc. The holding company has asked arbitrators with..
04/11/2017
‘Panama Papers’ project wins Pulitzer
Journalists in 80 countries worked together to investigate 11.5 million files leaked from inside Mossack Fonseca, a Panama-headquartered law firm that specialized in building offshore companies.
04/11/2017
Hong Kong regulator fines Coutts for breaching anti-money laundering rules
Has ordered Coutts Hong Kong to pay a pecuniary penalty of 7,000,000 Hong Kong Dollars.
04/11/2017
Three Brits arrested in Philippines over boiler room scam
Three British nationals allegedly involved in a investment scam have been arrested in the Philippines.
04/11/2017
Switzerland: Swiss Federal Prosecutors' Office Wants To Speed Up International Tax Assistance Procedures
The Lead Swiss Federal Prosecutor, Mr. Michael Lauber, therefore pleads for more efficiency and speed.