Managers of Wealth

Govt May Seek Reopening of Swiss Cases

The government is contemplating reviving through the Swiss court of appeal graft cases against former president Asif Ali Zardari for the return of $60 million reportedly stashed away in Swiss banks.

Bank Secrecy Crumbling Under US Govt Offensive

One of the oldest traditions in banking is crumbling in the face of American determination to tackle tax evasion.

We should pay no tax, billionaire boss of Hargreaves Lansdown tells Government

The 67-year-old Conservative supporter said: ‘I never understood why companies should pay tax. They don’t have a vote. If they didn’t have to pay tax, they would come here in droves and employ millions of people who would pay loads of ta

Tax revenues worldwide recover from recession

Tax revenue worldwide is still bouncing back from the low levels of 2008-09, the height of the recession, a non-profit group in France says

France approves 75pc company tax on €1m salaries

President Hollande's controversial measure receives the green-light from France's highest court

Firms 'use offshore trusts to pay huge bonuses'

Revenue launches crackdown on tax-free 'bullet loans' to staff

SFO plans fightback in 2014

The reality is that every case the SFO does is make or break. 2014 will be about putting the past behind us

US fines Barclays $3.75m over e-record failures

Regualtor fines British bank Barclays for failure to preserve order trade data, emails and instant messages

Swiss private bank Lombard Odier signs up to U.S. tax deal

The Geneva-based bank with 203 billion Swiss francs $227 billion (£137.65 billion) in client assets is the biggest privately-held firm so far to say publicly it will take part in a government-brokered scheme to make amends for aiding tax evasion.

Private Client International Comparative Legal Guide 2014: BVI

Arabella di Iorio and Richard Grasby provide an overview of private client law and policy in the British Virgin Islands.

Rothschild Bank signs up to US-Swiss tax accord

Rothschild Bank will participate in the U.S. program in part to settle the tax dispute

Swiss banks employ an army of advisors to weigh US amnesty plan

Banks in Switzerland, the largest cross-border financial center with $2.2 trillion of assets, are closely examining accounts before joining a disclosure programme that's the broadest assault in a five-year US crackdown on offshore tax evasion.

Booz & Company Approves Combination with PwC

Booz & Company's global partners have voted overwhelmingly to approve a combination with PwC.

Swiss banks fear being shut out of EU marke

The exact wording has yet to be approved, but MiFID II is likely to include the irksome demand that financial traders have a physical presence on EU soil to sell products to EU citizens.

France to remove Jersey, Bermuda from tax-haven blacklist

"As of today, Bermuda and Jersey have satisfied all of France's requests for information, which will enable them to avoid reprisals contained in the law," the ministry said in a statement on its website.

Tax Information Exchange – Where Are We Now? - Maples and Calder

Since the financial crisis there has been a marked acceleration in the number and scale of initiatives designed to enable states to get information about income its taxpayers earn abroad.

Bank levy is unfair, warns Standard Chartered boss

Richard Meddings says levy is unfairly focused on two banks — Standard Chartered and HSBC — which did not receive any taxpayer support during the financial collapse

Jersey Finance welcomes confirmation of removal from French list of non-cooperative jurisdictions

Jersey Finance has welcomed confirmation from the French Ministry of Finance that Jersey has been removed from France’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions.

EFG International will participate in the US Tax Programme

Separately, EFG International is disappointed to report that its 2013 profit will be adversely impacted by a charge of approximately CHF 20 million following an unexpected outcome of a longstanding legal action in the UK to which it was a party.

Wealthy investors in Japan Shift Stock Before Tax Increase

Shareholders have been selling stakes, offloading stock to brokerages and buying it back the next day, or moving shares to asset-management companies they control, said Masakazu Kito, head of wealth management at the securities unit of Japan’s third

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