09/22/2013
Smith & Williamson, the accountancy and investment management group, has been named Accountancy Team of the Year and Investment Team of the Year at the STEP Private Client Awards 2013/14.
09/21/2013
There is no question that the deal reached by the US and Swiss governments that resulted in this programme will have a deeply–resonating impact on the Swiss private banking industry
09/19/2013
So where does this leave Switzerland's legal powerhouses?
09/19/2013
The FCA is set to crack down on the lack of disclosure of shortfalls in professional indemnity insurance among advisers and wealth managers
09/19/2013
The use of service companies by limited liability partnerships could be outlawed in the UK Government's latest clampdown on tax avoidance.
09/18/2013
It is hard to know where to begin in describing the savage indictment by regulators in the US and UK of how JP Morgan Chase came to lose a breathtaking $6.2bn from the notorious "London Whale" trades.
09/17/2013
A Japanese unit of UBS AG (UBSN), Switzerland’s biggest bank, was ordered to pay a $100 million fine as part of a global resolution of allegations that it manipulated benchmark interest rates.
09/14/2013
Her practice focused on enforcement defense and regulatory counseling of financial services firms.
09/14/2013
He stepped down after he was recorded outlining the advantages of planning tax
09/14/2013
Its failures resulted in an unacceptable risk of Axa selling products which were unsuitable for its customer
09/14/2013
At least two Swiss banks are now asking French clients for proof they are not dodging tax
09/13/2013
According to the Evening Standard, party president Tim Farron has proposed those with property and wealth exceeding £2 million could pay a higher levy than those caught in the original mansion tax net.
09/12/2013
But the news that the European Commission has launched a probe into the tax activities of some member states, including Ireland, has added a fresh element to proceedings.
09/11/2013
Conservative MP for Wyre Forest and TSC member Mark Garnier has asked for the committee to consider an inquiry.
09/11/2013
The latest salvo in the leverage ratio lobbying battle was fired Thursday by KPMG – with the consultancy group warning that major U.K. banks may have raise £50 billion ($78.5 billion) in capital as regulators look to restrict the size of thei
09/10/2013
Lloyds Banking Group raids Swiss Private Bank for disputes chief
The day after customers of Lloyds TSB saw the bank split from its parent company in one of Britain’s most high-profile banking shake-ups.
09/10/2013
The UK Government has released an interactive infographic giving an overview of its approach to reducing tax avoidance and evasion.
09/09/2013
The 12th annual event recognised Hong Kong and North Asia's best law firms
09/09/2013
Austrian Chancellor and Social Democrat party leader Werner Faymann clarified details of his party's wealth tax plans
09/09/2013
Deutsche Bank AG faces a hearing in a lawsuit by four traders fired over the lender’s role in the alleged rigging of interest benchmarks after mandated mediation failed to produce a settlement.