01/31/2014
TM is a service provided to clients to support structural changes to asset portfolios with the intention of managing risk and increasing returns. TM services may be required when a client needs a large portfolio of securities to be restructured, or when
01/30/2014
HMRC EBT Settlement Opportunity still available - Withers
In 2011 HMRC launched the EBT Settlement Opportunity (the ‘Settlement Opportunity’) which offers employers the opportunity to settle such tax liabilities, thereby avoiding the risk of a time consuming and costly HMRC enquiry and potentially al
01/30/2014
Leading private client lawyer to join Mourant Ozannes
Jim Edmondson will join Mourant Ozannes' award-winning International Trusts & Private Client practice as a consultant based in London
01/30/2014
Solving the dispute over undeclared Italian funds with Swiss banks will be on the agenda today as Switzerland’s Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf and Italy’s Fabrizio Saccomanni meet in Bern.
01/30/2014
Deloitte has pipped rival PwC to become the world's top accountant by revenue in the face of rising pressure on fees and new rules boosting competition, a global survey showed.
01/30/2014
The head of Swiss private bank Reyl & Cie is back at work in Geneva
01/30/2014
Guernsey has completed two further bilateral Double Taxation Arrangements (DTAs).
01/30/2014
Offshore scheme loses appeal over £80m unsettled tax
HMRC states certain investors that used the scheme since 2005 have settled some £20m in tax bills
01/29/2014
The Agreement was signed by the Minister for External Relations, Senator Sir Philip Bailhache, and the Hungarian Ambassador, His Excellency Janos Csak.
01/28/2014
They face serious repercussions if they don’t. Whether FATCA is a grand idea or a travesty, the IRS and Treasury Department have made Herculean efforts to implement it.
01/28/2014
HSBC was found to have laundered over $670 billion over the course of four years, and this makes BitInstant's total amount pale in comparison.
01/27/2014
A recently introduced tax on luxury cars, could be the first in a series aimed to addressed inequalities in the country.
01/27/2014
Mark Carney, the Governor of the Bank of England, has warned senior bankers that conduct costs related to past misbehaviour have become the most pressing issue for the industry
01/27/2014
Switzerland's cabinet has twice refused to accept the nomination of a British-born ex-UBS banker
01/27/2014
The European Union has hinted moves are afoot for an EU FACTA to include all 28 nations belonging to the union.
01/27/2014
Wragge & Co is to temporarily relinquish its all-equity partnership model as it aligns its remuneration structure with Lawrence Graham, The Lawyer can reveal.
01/24/2014
Operational Intelligence Group set up in anticipation of more global risk and regulatory changes
01/24/2014
A former Morgan Stanley employee, burdened by gambling debts and fearing for his job, killed his wife 'in a fit of rage' last July, London police said after he was sentenced to life in prison Thursday.
01/23/2014
Since August, Jersey has demonstrated to the French authorities that the Island is fully committed to cooperative exchange of information under Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEAs), including the Jersey/France agreement.
01/23/2014
China’s new reporting offshore asset reporting requirements affect individuals residing in the country for more than a year, and corporations registered in China.