07/23/2012
The Senate inquiry found that HSBC accepted more than $15bn in cash between 2006 and 2009 from Mexico, Russia and other countries at high risk of money-laundering but failed properly to monitor transactions.
07/23/2012
Tax avoidance has become a hot topic in the UK recently, with the government keen to be seen as cracking down on the practice. Last month, a number of high profile celebrities were revealed as having participated in legal schemes including the 'K2&am
07/22/2012
WPP, the world’s biggest advertising group, has already committed to moving its company headquarters back to London from Dublin, and a slew of others are expected to follow suit.
07/22/2012
Critics including Thomas Hoenig, a Federal Deposit Insurance Corp. board member, say the biggest firms are too complicated to manage.
07/19/2012
The court ruled against a scheme promoted by PricewaterhouseCoopers, the accountancy firm, used by a businessman in a bid to avoid about £11m in tax.
07/19/2012
Dubbed the “King of Tokyo” by traders, the 53-year-old American seemed to have it all: wealth, professional acclaim and status as a patron of contemporary art.
07/19/2012
Calls to Zrihen, who joined Lombard Odier in December 2010 as a member of the fixed income portfolio management team, were not picked up.
07/19/2012
Richard Heis, the joint special administrator of MF Global UK, said: '[The] court hearing represents an important milestone in returning some £54 million of agreed client assets.'