02/08/2016
Odysseus’ dilemma sprang to mind as I listened to a presentation last week from a panel that included a FINRA attorney meant to provide guidance on situations where FINRA will target an individual employee in addition to or instead of the offending
02/08/2016
Jérôme Cahuzac, chosen by François Hollande to clamp down on tax avoidance, admitted he hid €600,000 in Swiss bank account
02/08/2016
Legal Group makes sweeping changes to its Board to drive renewed strategy
02/05/2016
This settlement is the result of Julius Baer’s proactive and long-standing cooperation with the DOJ’s investigation.
02/05/2016
Their prospective pleas came after Julius Baer in December disclosed that it had reached a deal with prosecutors to pay $547.25 million to resolve a probe born out of a U.S. crackdown on offshore tax evasion by Americans through Swiss banks.
02/05/2016
Mr Yak, a senior private banker with the local unit of Swiss bank BSI, did not appear at Friday's hearing, but the Straits Times understands he is in Singapore.
02/04/2016
As the funds market in Singapore and the wider Asian region has grown, so have the calls for a regulatory framework that will allow retail funds to be marketed more easily across the region's national borders.
02/04/2016
India and Switzerland have been working closely on mutual administrative assistance on tax matters and both sides have expressed their willingness to step up the cooperation.
02/04/2016
Rosenbaum declined to comment further on the potential U.K. tie-up.
02/04/2016
In addition to failing to prosecute clearly criminal behavior that any average American would be imprisoned for committing, from the outset, the DOJ assisted HSBC in keeping its dealings clandestine.
02/03/2016
Credit Suisse said in October that Wells Fargo & Co. would have the inside track on recruiting its staff as the Swiss bank pulled back from wealth management in the U.S.
02/03/2016
BCRS, a tax firm, has focused on the needs of high net worth individuals and family offices of individual high net worth and family office clients.
02/03/2016
China central bank wants lenders to exercise greater control over wealth management funds
02/03/2016
December 2015 and January 2016
02/03/2016
Goldman Sachs’ conduct fell far short of the standards expected of a financial advisor under the Takeovers Code in that between 8 November 2013 and 6 January 2014:
02/03/2016
Two client advisers from Julius Baer Group Ltd. accused of helping Americans evade taxes are expected to plead guilty in New York on Thursday, when the Swiss bank will resolve its own criminal case by agreeing to pay $547 million, according to two people
02/03/2016
DIFC mis-selling case set to drag on after deadline missed
The claimant will now seek to enforce the next step in securing the sum through the DIFC Court.
02/03/2016
Barcelona forward also facing court case in Spain over transfer allegations
02/03/2016
The role of whistleblowers in Switzerland was back in the spotlight on Tuesday as the court case resumed of a former Nestle SA executive, who claims she was fired after alleging there were lapses in food safety.
02/02/2016
The current policy environment has moved multilateral co-operation, openness and transparency to the top of the capital flow policy agenda.