11/25/2012
Macfarlanes rehires top-rated private client partner from Speechlys
He will rejoin the firm in the first half of 2013, bringing the total number of private client partners at Macfarlanes up to 13.
11/22/2012
Switzerland could scrap tax breaks for foreign millionaires after activists succeeded in getting a more-than-century-old law put to a popular vote.
11/22/2012
UBS is reportedly nearing a settlement with regulators that could land it with a fine of up to £50m for failures that led to a $2.3bn (£1.4bn) rogue trading loss.
11/22/2012
BNP Paribas is urging Investment Trust Boards to begin working through the challenges the rules present or risk a duplication of effort, needless complexity and possible breaches of fiduciary duty.
11/22/2012
The SBA takes note of this decision with regret
11/22/2012
Twenty individuals were indicted in June for their role in the alleged tax fraud.
11/21/2012
The National Audit Office said HMRC was dealing with a backlog of 41,000 cases
11/21/2012
The Bundestag’s finance committee, which listed Jain as a witness in a Nov. 12 statement on its website, will hear representatives of banks and regulators on Nov. 28.
11/21/2012
UBS is braced for a record multi-million pound fine for failures in its systems and controls that allowed former employee Kweku Adoboli to conduct Britain’s biggest bank fraud.
11/21/2012
Consultation on the paper ‘Ensuring the fair taxation of residential property transactions’ has now closed and draft legislation is expected ‘on or before’ 11 December 2012.
11/20/2012
Mathew Martoma was charged in U.S. District Court in Manhattan with using confidential information about an Alzheimer's disease drug trial
11/20/2012
Shadow banking is a catch-all term for an industry that encompasses hedge funds, private equity firms and structured investment vehicles, which blossomed outside the conventional bank sector during the past decade.
11/20/2012
Britain's banking lobby group is under pressure to consider a merger with another trade body
11/20/2012
Withers boosts its transactional tax offering
11/20/2012
Charging a percentage of assets is preferred charging model (76%), followed by fixed fee basis (49%)
11/20/2012
He will focus on international tax, probate, and trust and estate planning, with a particular focus on US persons and property.
11/19/2012
HSBC Geneva acts: I-T department approaches Swiss authorities
The I-T department has initiated the step in order to build water tight case
11/19/2012
UBS ex-managing director charged in French tax probe
The others charged include the former head of a UBS office in the northern city of Lille
11/19/2012
A conman who seduced a wealthy woman out of more than £600,000 by posing as a retired Goldman Sachs billionaire was jailed.
11/19/2012
A taskforce to tackle tax cheats in the rental property sector in the South East was launched today, 19th November, by HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC). It is expected to recover nearly £4 million.