08/08/2012

Cayman Islands Scraps Plan To Tax Wealthy Expats

On Monday, Cayman Islands Premier McKeeva Bush told the press that the tax plan was “off the table and will not be implemented,” claiming that alternate sources of revenues had been already identified.

08/08/2012

Swiss banks face slow death as taxman chases undeclared assets

#Western Europeans may pull as much as $139 billion, or 15 percent of their holdings, from Swiss banks, said Herbert Hensle of Cap Gemini. Bank Sarasin & Cie. AG reported last week that private clients withdrew 3 billion francs from Swiss locations in

08/05/2012

US probe into bank manipulation of silver markets set to be dropped

US regulators have dropped a four-year investigation into manipulation of the silver market, according to reports. The decision, if true, will take pressure off JP Morgan and HSBC who were the main focus of legal complaint that sparked the regulatory pro

08/05/2012

RBS facing US money laundering investigation

The part-nationalised lender made the disclosure in its half year results on Friday, where it reported a loss of £1.5bn in the first six months of 2012 and set aside £125m to cover costs related to the recent IT problems.

08/02/2012

Former UBS Strategist Says He Was Pressured to Mislead

Trevor Murray was employed by UBS Securities LLC from May 2007 until he was fired in September 2009, and then returned to the company in May 2011, he said in a lawsuit filed today in federal court in Manhattan.