05/21/2013
U.S. Justice Department tells lawmakers no bank is too big to jail
No institution and no individual is immune from prosecution because of its size
Legal,Regulation,Tax & Compliance
05/20/2013
Russia asks Interpol to monitor movements of British hedge fund boss
An Interpol committee will meet on Thursday to decide whether to accept the Russian request
05/20/2013
Amid Spy Scandal, Russia Boots Baker & McKenzie Lawyer
Former Justice Department official and liaison to the U.S. embassy in Moscow, has been expelled from the country.
05/20/2013
Global pact to hit tax-dodging giants: Countries to exchange information about corporations who are not paying their fair share
Finance ministers from 17 EU countries, including Britain and Ireland, have signed a declaration backing the global system
05/19/2013
Minister says end to US tax dispute in sight
Swiss Finance Minister Eveline Widmer-Schlumpf says a resolution may be not far off to end a long-running dispute with the United States over Swiss banks accused of helping wealthy Americans evade billions of dollars of taxes.
05/19/2013
Wife wins battle for billion pound hedge fund
Their marriage may have ended in a divorce battle but as business partners their combination led to unprecedented success – worth billions.
05/19/2013
Bank of Montreal ordered to fix oversight lapses
Federal regulators are ordering the Bank of Montreal to take steps to correct lapses in oversight that could allow the bank to be used for money laundering.
05/19/2013
India, other FTA members to share offshore leaks tax info
FTA was set up in July 2002 by the Paris—based think tank Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development.
05/19/2013
Tax Administration 2013: Comparative Information on OECD and Other Advanced and Emerging Economies
The series identifies some of the fundamental elements of modern revenue bodies.
05/19/2013
SJ Berwin name poised to vanish as King & Wood merger vote looms
SJ Berwin is gearing up for a vote on a global merger with Asia-Pacific firm King & Wood Mallesons (KWM) that would see the UK outfit’s name disappear.
05/19/2013
Nordic Countries Target Tax Evasion Ahead of EU Summit
A staggering 1 trillion euros ($1.3 trillion) is lost to tax evasion each year in the member countries of the European Union.
05/19/2013
Majority of brokers believe FCA is merely a rebrand
The survey of more than 150 brokers, carried out by compliance firm UKGI, also found that 20% feared that the FCA would have a negative impact on the industry, while 21% stated that it would have no impact at all.
05/19/2013
Baker Tilly boosts forensic services team
We’ve concentrated on building a team of cross-complimentary forensic service specialists with a wide-range of strengths and experience
05/17/2013
FATCA Wrong Tool To Fix Tax Issues
Tends to go and find people avoiding tax but actually it doesn’t achieve that and it causes a whole series of problems
05/16/2013
Ex-BlackRock Manager’s Arrest May Give FCA Its First Big Fish
The arrest of a former BlackRock Inc. fund manager may move the regulator from small-fry insider-trading cases to its first big fish
05/16/2013
Withers and Speechly settle on proposed name ahead of merger votes
It is currently unclear whether the firms will fully financially integrate
05/16/2013
Russia to Join FATCA Tax Watchdog
We agreed that this matter will be considered at expert level
05/16/2013
Speechly Bircham and Withers merger vote just days away
Both firms are holding an interim vote
05/15/2013
Head of SocGen’s Russia arm detained on suspicion of taking bribes
Black-clad police with automatic rifles stormed the Moscow offices of Rosbank, French bank Société Générale’s daughter company in Russia, and detained the bank’s chief executive on Wednesday on suspicion of receivin
05/15/2013
HMRC cleared of letting Goldman off £20m in 'sweetheart' deal
The UK taxman has been cleared of letting Goldman Sachs off £20m in a "sweetheart" deal but was told it was wrong to factor in potential embarrassment to Chancellor George Osborne in its decision making.