05/07/2014
Morgan Stanley wealth management fined $5 million for supervisory failures
A Wall Street regulator fined a Morgan Stanley wealth management unit $5 million on Tuesday for supervisory failures related to the sale of shares to retail customers in 83 initial public offerings, including Facebook Inc and Yelp Inc.
05/07/2014
Morgan Stanley wealth management fined $5 million for supervisory failures
The regulator said the unit treated the phrases interchangeably, even though indications of interest lead to share purchases only if investors reconfirm them, while conditional offers to buy can result in binding share purchases unless investors revoke th
05/07/2014
National law firm launches Private Wealth offering
The team advises private clients including business owners, entrepreneurs and landowners, as well as institutional trust and estate service providers and charities.
05/07/2014
More than 60 countries and jurisdictions have now committed to early adoption of the standard, and additional Global Forum members are expected to join this group in the coming months.
05/07/2014
Invesco Perpetual was hit with the fine for a series of trading and compliance breaches
05/07/2014
Last year they hired five lawyers
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.