05/07/2014
The conversation usually starts with a request to write or review an anti-bribery policy with often the additional question of what limit should be set for gifts and entertainment to be recorded in the gifts register.
05/06/2014
UBS announces further plans to modify legal structure
UBS has already announced a series of measures to improve the resolvability of the Group.
05/06/2014
U.S., Singapore reach agreement on tax evasion: U.S. Treasury
Singapore has reached a tax information-sharing agreement with the United States under a new law meant to combat offshore tax dodging by Americans
05/06/2014
Briton arrested in Las Vegas in carbon trading probe
The judicial proceedings are being held in Germany because this is where the defendants are suspected of having committed the fraud.
05/05/2014
BlackRock, Fidelity, Robeco and Pioneer have joined forces with asset management groups and fund associations around the world to persuade the OECD to alter tax proposals they believe could harm investors.
05/05/2014
U.S. wants Credit Suisse to plead guilty in tax dispute-report
Credit Suisse is one of over a dozen Swiss banks under criminal investigation in the United States
05/05/2014
Two years ago, a Dutch law firm prepared a pitch in Moscow to Russian businesses: come to the Netherlands and we can help you avoid taxes and keep your assets safe.
05/04/2014
Swiss banks have also been casting their net in the Latin American state.
05/02/2014
Withers' Family Law team leads the pack in Spear's 2014 Family Lawyer Index
In a new, expanded listing of 50 leading lawyers, Withers still makes the strongest showing in the report.
05/01/2014
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has banned John Christopher Hughes from performing any function
05/01/2014
Josef Dörig, 72, of Switzerland, pleaded guilty today to conspiring to defraud the Internal Revenue Service in connection with his work as the owner of a trust company in Switzerland.
04/30/2014
Did your Swiss Bank enter into a Non-Prosecution Agreement?
What does that mean for you and what actions should you take?
04/30/2014
The ranks of foreign-exchange traders are rapidly thinning as a probe into alleged manipulation of benchmark rates widens and pressure mounts on the industry to reduce costs.
04/30/2014
A three-year-old judgment followed by repeated coaxing by the Supreme Court made the Centre disclose all 26 Indian account holders in LGT Bank in Liechtenstein along with details of money in their accounts, which was supplied in 2008 by Germany to India.
04/30/2014
Pinsent Masons says that the figures show that, despite their popular image, non-domiciles make a very significant contribution to the UK Exchequer.
04/29/2014
Major sports stars sue collapsed Cheshire-based IFA firm
A £300,000 lawsuit was also brought against network IN Partnership
04/29/2014
‘All systems go’ as FATCA registration deadline looms
Wealth management firms are making final preparations for the introduction of US tax regime
04/29/2014
Banks in this part of the program, dubbed category 2, agree to comb through their books and compile information about how they set up Swiss accounts for U.S. clients.
04/28/2014
Probe into AMT clients’ funds
AMT is one of the country’s largest independent investment firms, advising in the region of 280 clients with assets valued at between €28m and €30m under management.
04/28/2014
The report indicated that financial market turmoil and a fast-growing interest in gold investment was creating continued high interest in bullion investment, but the problem for investors has been major changes to US regulations affecting the storage of t