03/23/2015
Cape-based money manager accused as kingpin in offshore Ponzi scheme
He has been fingered as a mastermind behind a massive global Ponzi scheme run out of Mauritius.
03/23/2015
The total lock-up represents roughly 18 percent of Alibaba's shares, which if sold would fetch just over $37 billion at Friday's closing price.
03/23/2015
International law firm adds one of Nation’s top private client lawyers
She Becomes Head of New Washington, D.C. Private Client Practice
03/23/2015
Former ABN Amro Australia chief executive Angus James has won a legal case against the Royal Bank of Scotland for $2.9 million
03/22/2015
According to Goldberg, this has exactly zero to do with wanting anything to do with Kingston
03/20/2015
Bern and Brussels have clinched a deal to exhange bank account data in an effort to tackle tax fraud.
03/20/2015
Financial services firms targeted in Budget crackdown
03/20/2015
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
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
The Alpine nation was long reluctant to change its banking privacy laws
03/20/2015
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
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
The U.S. Chamber of Commerce warns of wasteful litigation and corruption
03/19/2015
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
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
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
Our Colombian managing director gives insight into the changing landscape of tax in his country