03/31/2013
As an example of a practice no longer deemed acceptable, he cited the way banks used trust arrangements to pay bonuses to employees that meant they avoided national insurance and allowed them to defer the tax on those bonuses.
03/31/2013
Michael Steinberg was arrested Friday by FBI agents at his Manhattan apartment
03/28/2013
Sullivan & Cromwell and two other leading global firms have picked up roles this week on deals involving a pair of wealth management divisions.
03/28/2013
"I am sticking by my pledge," Hollande said
03/28/2013
Former chief Fred Goodwin could give evidence as pension funds and ING take bank to court over huge losses
03/28/2013
The Amsterdam court ruled ABN Amro was entitled to suspend the bankers before completing its investigations.
03/27/2013
Liechtenstein, with similar secrecy laws to larger neighbor Switzerland, has long prospered by offering secretive foundations and trusts through firms known as fiduciaries.
03/27/2013
There are around 500 adviser firms being pursued by the FSCS, relating to about 1,500 Keydata investors.
03/26/2013
Slaughters, Herbert Smith and Ashurst advise on Schroders' £424m Cazenove takeover
The deal comes after Berwin Leighton Paisner earlier this year took a role for Schroders on the Alternative Investment Market listing of its West End property trust.
03/26/2013
Plans hand the Bank of England sweeping new powers to regulate the financial system have been criticised by the former head of the Bundesbank, who warned they risked the independence of the central bank.
03/26/2013
I refused it flat… I thought this was too high a price to pay
03/26/2013
Singh has been a member of the alternative investment manager’s in-house team since joining from Clifford Chance
03/26/2013
Prudential failed to deal with the FSA in an open and cooperative manner when it was seeking to acquire AIA in early 2010, because it did not inform the FSA of the proposed acquisition until after it had been leaked to the media on 27 February 2010.
03/26/2013
FSA fines IFA firm £56,000
The Manchester-based firm advised 98 clients to invest a total of £3.1m in Keydata’s life settlement products between September 2005 and April 2009.
03/25/2013
Turnover for Withers’ worldwide operations rose by 12 per cent last year
03/25/2013
Regulator to probe “complex” and “harmful” fund charges in the next financial year.
03/25/2013
There was demand that the IRS release the “Star Trek” video to the public, to show how money was being wasted.
03/25/2013
The Financial Services Authority has finalised new rules and regulations for financial benchmarks.
03/25/2013
The trial is scheduled to begin in June.
03/25/2013
He was previously at Withers and more recently a member of Baker & McKenzie’s highly regarded tax team,