Managers of Wealth

Tax-dodgers are 'not acceptable': Luxembourg Fin Min

The minister's comments come just days after McDonald's was accused by labour unions

Lisbon gets list of Swiss Leaks tax cheats

Portugal has received information on 611 taxpayers listed in the Swiss Leaks affair

Head of Geneva, Luxembourg and Singapore freeports under investigation

Yves Bouvier and two associates are detained in Monaco in fraud enquiry

Finding a Foundation by Carolyn Oh

A foundation is essentially a civil law creation, but how does it work in a common law country like Malaysia? Carolyn Oh, Principal of Carolyn and Co discusses the appeal of foundations as a wealth management tool and its application in Malaysia both onsh

Changes in Guernsey taxation to affect home owners and high net worth individuals - BDO

These changes are mainly in the area of personal taxation and are introduced by a number of Amendment Ordinances recently published, some of which are still to be laid before the Guernsey States of Deliberation.

IRS still after former U.S. soccer bigwig Chuck Blazer over millions in unpaid taxes

The tax man is still chasing the big man at the center of the simmering scandal over corruption at the highest levels of international soccer.

UK Tax Office Chief: Cleared to Share Leaked HSBC Swiss Data with Authorities

Lin Homer, the chief executive of HM Revenue & Customs, said it had reached a deal in the past few days with French authorities to pass on the data "to pursue wider offenses"

Swiss central bank under scrutiny after franc shock

Switzerland's central bank is coming under intense scrutiny

Fifty Shades of FATCA by Withers

Absent another horse meat scandal, the clear focus on the evils of tax avoidance seems here to stay until the General Election; with the major political parties all seeing an easy way to win votes (while trying to defend individual action taken by their o

Good news for the skiing chalet and the villa in the South of France by Withers

Most continental European countries including Italy, France and Spain impose ‘forced heirship’ rules, so that owners of real property situated in the country must leave a share of the property directly to their children on death and cannot lea

Re: Basics for Boris by Withers

We here at Withers are aware of your recent US tax woes...

No HSBC account holders took tax amnesty offers

The document will not name any of the individuals for legal reasons and because it remains unclear whether all or some of those involved broke the law.

Was Bank Leumi too hasty in revealing U.S. clients' info to the IRS?

There is a direct line connecting the disclosure of the identities of 6,200 Israelis with Swiss bank accounts

Regulator Targets Canada’s CIBC

Risk management faulted at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; bank warned on acquisitions

Assessing the evolution of the Swiss funds industry

Switzerland is already one of the most liberal and transparent fund markets in Europe

The Common Reporting Standard: CRS brings the walls tumbling down By Nel Schoeman, Associate, Maitland

A country known for its clocks, chocolate and most importantly banks, the agreement by Switzerland’s government to share details of those super-secret bank accounts is one that will change the world at large

How tax transparency went global the new automatic exchange standard: from concept to reality

The game changer in automatic exchange was the enactment of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in 2010

Knighted hedge fund manager embroiled in embezzlement probe

He is among four Scots accused of syphoning £400 million through the crashed Gibraltar-based hedge fund Heather Capital

New UK law could see bankers prosecuted for aiding tax evasion

Deal with France to allow UK use leaked HSBC files to pursue financial advisers

When aristocrats go to war over money

Novartis heir sues German nobleman and Rothschild bank

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