07/27/2013
Ireland's 450 richest people hit for twice the tax paid in 2010
This team largely collects tax from people worth more than €50m and non-residents with "substantial economic interests in Ireland".
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
07/26/2013
The shifting contours of OTC derivatives regulation
BNP Paribas Securities Services (BNP Paribas) provides the latest developments on EMIR, Dodd-Frank and the international policy framework with its latest document.
07/25/2013
Global impact of ‘Offshore Leaks’ grows
The global impact of our latest international investigation has been astonishing
07/25/2013
Anti-money laundering - FCA
This report sets out our obligations relating to anti-money laundering, our approach to carrying out those obligations, and the trends and emerging risks in money laundering that we are seeing in the firms we regulate.
07/25/2013
Vatican, Italy near deal on bank information exchange sources
Italy and the Vatican are about to reach a deal allowing for the first time regular exchange of financial information between the two states to combat money laundering, several sources with direct knowledge of the situation
07/24/2013
RSM Tenon in buyout talks with Baker Tilly
RSM Tenon Group PLC Statement regarding unsolicited approach
07/23/2013
International law firm recruits six-strong team for Luxembourg launch
Hogan Lovells will be opening an office in Luxembourg on 1 August as part of its strategy to continue to grow its funds and tax practices and develop in markets that are key to the firm's clients.
07/23/2013
Former UBS banker gets 18 months, $1 mln fine, for muni bid-rigging scheme
Former UBS AG banker Peter Ghavami was sentenced to 18 months in prison on Wednesday for his role in deceiving U.S. municipalities
07/23/2013
Goldman Sachs deputy GC joins Fried Frank
Fried, Frank, Harris, Shriver & Jacobson LLP announced that David J. Greenwald, has agreed to rejoin Fried Frank in a leadership role.
07/23/2013
Italian PM Enrico Letta pledges war on tax evasion
Italian prime minister Enrico Letta pledged to "fight relentlessly" against tax evasion in the recession-hit country, as the government pushed new growth measures through the lower house of parliament.
07/22/2013
AIFMD will reduce choice and increase costs for fund managers and investors
New research by BNY Mellon, the global leader in investment management and investment services, points to significant uncertainty about Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive
07/22/2013
Fraud and cybercrime biggest non-investment risks to family offices
Sustainability, data loss, fraud and theft are among the top non-investment risks faced by private families and the offices that serve them
07/22/2013
Tycoon blames RBS in ‘billion-dollar swindle’
A taiwanese shipping magnate claims he was swindled out of more than a billion dollars by Royal Bank of Scotland.
07/21/2013
Credit Agricole launches global panel shake-up
Credit Agricole has opened the bidding for places on its new panel, just two years after its last review.
07/21/2013
German tax dodgers turn over new leaf
The German authorities have been able to wave a big stick since purchasing a number of CDs purportedly containing sensitive Swiss bank client data
07/20/2013
UBS Germany tax probe fine could top 150 mln euros - magazine
The German operations of Swiss bank UBS could be fined more than 150 million euros
07/19/2013
Rules on international tax evasion could be in place in 2014: OECD
The plan calls for a universal and automatic exchange of financial information
07/19/2013
Swiss reality on wealth tax
Australia's challenge is not to invent new taxes but to waste less.
07/18/2013
Top Sullivan private client partner heads to London for UK launch
Sullivan & Cromwell is expanding its international private client practice to London with the transfer of New York-based group leader Basil Zirinis.
07/17/2013
Former Goldman Director Gupta Fined, Banned in SEC Case
Mr. Gupta, 64, is appealing his June 2012 conviction