03/20/2015
Banks to face criminal charges for allowing tax evasion
Financial services firms targeted in Budget crackdown
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
03/20/2015
Tunisia Asks to Join HSBC Case to Get Embezzled Ben Ali Cash
Tunisia asked to join the Geneva prosecutor’s money-laundering case into HSBC Holdings Plc’s Swiss unit as a plaintiff in a bid to get back funds it says were embezzled by former dictator Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
03/20/2015
Client confidentiality will not disappear, assert Swiss banks
Swiss banks today asserted that "bank-client confidentiality" will not disappear and 'automatic information exchange' is not the only solution to the black money menace
03/20/2015
Secrets ending for Swiss bank accounts
The Alpine nation was long reluctant to change its banking privacy laws
03/20/2015
Credit Suisse Faces Italy Suit, Probe as Litigation Persists
Italian authorities are probing allegations of “unauthorized exercise of financial activity” and related offenses, according to the annual report.
03/20/2015
Credit Suisse Faces Italy Suit, Probe as Litigation Persists
Italian authorities are probing allegations of “unauthorized exercise of financial activity” and related offenses, according to the annual report.
03/19/2015
Citibank Sues Two Former Goldman Sachs Partners Over $29 Million Swiss Franc Margin Call
There is a lawsuit over a $29 million margin call that hit the joint family office of two former Goldman Sachs partners
03/19/2015
Hedge Fund Betting on Lawsuits Is Spreading
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns of wasteful litigation and corruption
03/19/2015
Global law firm appoints first international managing partner
Since 2008-09, the firm’s revenue from international offices has grown 41%. At the same time, non-UK based partner numbers have grown by 195%.
03/19/2015
Combatting corporate tax avoidance: Commission presents Tax Transparency Package
A key element of this Tax Transparency Package is a proposal to introduce the automatic exchange of information between Member States on their tax rulings.
03/19/2015
Formula E Will End Switzerland’s 60-Year Motorsport Absence - Video
Swiss law has been banning motorsport activities within Switzerland’s insular borders from 1955 onwards but a recent law change operated by the Swiss government is paving the way for Formula E
03/19/2015
The New Reality of Global Tax Transparency & Structuring Solutions - Amicorp
One of the key developments for practitioners in recent years has been the Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) between jurisdictions, which is aimed at combatting tax evasion by hiding financial accounts offshore.
03/18/2015
Brazil may tax inheritances instead of wealth -minister
Taxing big fortunes could spark speculative movements
03/18/2015
An overview of recent tax reforms in Colombia by Juan Carlos Álvarez , TMF
Our Colombian managing director gives insight into the changing landscape of tax in his country
03/18/2015
The Wolf of Wall Street apparently lives and his name is...
Fake Hedge Fund Manager, Who Faked Death Using Fake Employee Is Convicted
03/18/2015
Piech, Porsche Family on Witness List in Hedge-Fund Lawsuit
The men all served on the Porsche supervisory board in 2008 when the company tried unsuccessfully to take over its then-rival VW.
03/18/2015
Ex-HSBC boss Lord Green breaks silence on Swiss tax scandal: Here's what he said
Lord Green, the former boss of scandal hit bank HSBC, has broken his silence over the Swiss tax row which engulfed the bank and saw senior executives face MPs.
03/17/2015
End of 'Murder on the Orient Express' defence for top bankers
Financial Conduct Authority vows that senior bankers will be individually accountable as regulator fleshes out rules for proving innocence
03/17/2015
Appleby Wins IFLR’S Private Equity Deal Of The Year Award
IFLR Asia Awards Recognise Firm’s Work on US$3 Billion Take Private Deal
03/17/2015
Nothing to fear from high standards by Martin Wheatley
Speech by Martin Wheatley, Chief Executive of the FCA, delivered at Bloomberg. This is the text of the speech as drafted, which may differ from the delivered version.