05/15/2013
Ashcourt Rowan in court battle with ex-adviser over role at rival
Took the case to the High Court to enforce an anti-competition clause
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
05/14/2013
There Are Two Questions About The Spying Scandal That Bloomberg Still Hasn't Answered
Another question that Bloomberg has yet to answer is whether Bloomberg News reporters were encouraged to use private data to spy on clients, or whether they did this on their own.
05/14/2013
Hundreds Rip Up US Passports To Escape FATCA
This growing trend is the biggest number since the IRS began publishing the figures
05/14/2013
'We can't push a mountain': FCA issues rallying call to advisers
Being a reactive regulator no longer works
05/14/2013
OECD sees action on corporate tax avoidance
International leaders are moving closer to taking action on corporate tax avoidance
05/13/2013
Ex-BlackRock Star Held In City Trading Probe
A former star fund manager at BlackRock was arrested last month as part of an insider trading probe, Sky News learns.
05/13/2013
Bingham raids White & Case in Tokyo for seven lawyer funds team
The firm’s history in Tokyo dates to 1997.
05/13/2013
Austria edges towards ending banking secrecy
Austria has been the last EU holdout on bank secrecy after Luxembourg changed tack last month
05/13/2013
New tax practices unlikely to put S'pore at disadvantage: analysts
There are concerns whether the changes announced on 14 May 13 will severely impede funds from coming into Singapore.
05/13/2013
Finance ministers fail to reach deal on tax avoidance
But they agree mandate for Commission to negotiate on bank transparency with five non-EU countries.
05/13/2013
Wealth manager issued final notice by FCA
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has issued a final notice to a discretionary and wealth manager based in Warwickshire.
05/12/2013
HSBC fears ‘significant’ penalty in NRI tax evasion probe
The US tax department is investigating possible evasion of federal income taxes.
05/12/2013
G7 nations agree to tackle tax evasion
Finance ministers meeting in UK say collective action is needed to ensure firms and individuals pay the tax they owe.
05/12/2013
TV presenters, bankers and government advisers among 1,000 Britons linked to tax havens
It also includes Goldman Sachs and Coutts, The Queen's bank
05/12/2013
Henderson in-house team shrinks amid shift to using law firms more
Henderson Global Investors’ UK in-house legal team has shrunk by nearly 30 per cent in the past year following a shift to farming out more of its lower-level work to law firms.
05/12/2013
Another Swiss Private Bank confirms U.S. tax-cheat probe
The DOJ now is investigating a number of other Swiss banks
05/12/2013
Barclays wins dismissal of U.S. shareholder lawsuit over Libor
The lawsuit had sought class-action status
05/12/2013
International tax charter published
Taxpayer rights and responsibilities aims to work as a blue print for a better tax system that can be adapted
05/11/2013
UK's top companies condemned for prolific use of tax havens
Raising fresh concerns about the full extent of corporate tax avoidance
05/09/2013
Ex-Dewey tax partner exits Linklaters' Washington base for KPMG
Linklaters Washington DC tax partner Joseph Pari has left for KPMG