02/27/2015
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
02/27/2015
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.
02/27/2015
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.
02/26/2015
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"
02/26/2015
Switzerland's central bank is coming under intense scrutiny
02/26/2015
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
02/26/2015
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
02/26/2015
We here at Withers are aware of your recent US tax woes...
02/26/2015
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.
02/25/2015
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
02/25/2015
Risk management faulted at Canadian Imperial Bank of Commerce; bank warned on acquisitions
02/25/2015
Switzerland is already one of the most liberal and transparent fund markets in Europe
02/25/2015
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
02/25/2015
The game changer in automatic exchange was the enactment of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) in 2010
02/24/2015
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
02/24/2015
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
02/24/2015
When aristocrats go to war over money
Novartis heir sues German nobleman and Rothschild bank
02/24/2015
Switzerland's financial markets regulator FINMA is unlikely to look into possible wrongdoing at HSBC's Swiss private bank in the light of leaked information that was published this month
02/24/2015
It also said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission had subpoenaed HSBC Bank USA for documents related to its precious metals trading.
02/24/2015
Tax investigators and police have raided commercial offices in Germany as they looked into allegations of large-scale tax evasion with regard to profits made in Luxembourg. Commerzbank was at the center of the searches.