03/10/2014
Black money: Swiss exchanging 'lawful' info with India
With India stepping up its pursuit of alleged black money in Swiss banks, Switzerland says it is exchanging information with Indian authorities on all lawful requests
03/10/2014
If you don't want something, giving it back is often an option
03/10/2014
A Delaware judge said Royal Bank of Canada should be held liable to former shareholders of Rural/Metro Corp because it failed to disclose conflicts of interest that tainted the $438 million buyout of the ambulance operator.
03/10/2014
Many HSBC swiss account holders may escape income-tax net
Those Swiss bank account holders who could play the staring out game with tax officials over the past three years may end up having the last laugh.
03/10/2014
Thousands of Credit Suisse Group AG U.S. clients still don’t know whether tax authorities will learn their identities as prosecutors work to conclude a three-year probe of how the bank helped them evade taxes.
03/07/2014
A requirement that managers of UCITS funds take at least 50% of their bonuses in the funds they oversee has created uncertainty in Europe’s asset management industry, though some say the matter has been overblown.
03/06/2014
The Swiss Bank Employees Association has told an uncomfortable truth: it was “generally known” that for many years some of their employers profited from customers’ “tax evasion.”
03/06/2014
An private banker who stole nearly £600,000 from wealthy clients to fund his gambling habit has been jailed for two years.
03/06/2014
The case comes after six senior employees from Brewin Dolphin’s own Leicester office, including former branch head Ed Cufflin, left the firm back in March 2013 to open a Charles Stanley base in the same location.
03/06/2014
Investors contributing tiny sums could be faced with multiple pages of paperwork, company founder claims.New regulatory rules governing investment into ‘crowdfunding’ projects could effectively alienate the small-time investors the funding mec
03/05/2014
Nowhere was the unedifying hubris of the bankster classes more obvious than in Swiss real estate.
03/05/2014
Even rumours of a so-called “mansion tax” were enough to stagnate the prime property market in London, a panel of experts heard today
03/05/2014
India has recently operationalised seven new Income Tax Overseas Units (ITOUs) in countries like Germany, US and France.
03/04/2014
Bircham Dyson Bell strengthens private client with Ambrose Appelbe merger
Bircham Dyson Bell managing partner Jesper Christensen said he had approached Ambrose Appelbe some time ago on a speculative basis, with a view to strengthening the firm’s family and private client teams.
03/04/2014
The Corporate Advisers Rankings Guide lists institutional advisers and their quoted clients.
03/03/2014
The UK’s welcoming approach to Bitcoin contrasts with the approach of other countries, amid concerns about its use for tax evasion and money laundering as well as its notoriety for wide fluctuations in value.
03/03/2014
Linklaters loses second capital markets partner in two months
Linklaters has lost another capital markets partner with the exit of Nigel Pridmore, who quit the firm last month.
03/03/2014
Watch our video for the findings of our review of how firms are preparing for the implementation of the new platform rules.
03/03/2014
These guidance notes supersede the version released on 14 August 2013 and reflect the contributions received from UK businesses and advisers prior to the updated US FATCA Regulations issued by the IRS and US Treasury on 20 February 2014.
03/03/2014
Banker unfairly sacked over claims he was moonlighting for heavyweight champion