03/24/2015
Despite Regulatory Advances, Experts Say Risk Remains a Danger to Large Banks
With all the new laws and regulations since the financial crisis, it would be easy to believe that the banking industry is safer
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
03/23/2015
Australian regulator to look at UBS over changes to analyst's report
The Australian Securities and Investments Commission said its chairman, Greg Medcraft, had asked the investment bank to explain its decision to change its analyst report
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
China to reap Alibaba windfall as tightens up on tax
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 executives claim $18m from RBS
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
Ex-Bank Of America Employee Embroiled In Ugly Custody Battle Over Cavalier Kings Spaniel
According to Goldberg, this has exactly zero to do with wanting anything to do with Kingston
03/20/2015
Switzerland, EU tag team tax evasion
Bern and Brussels have clinched a deal to exhange bank account data in an effort to tackle tax fraud.
03/20/2015
Banks to face criminal charges for allowing tax evasion
Financial services firms targeted in Budget crackdown
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.