06/24/2012
He didn't provide examples of excessive fees or specify any banks. But banks in general have come under criticism for charging high fees for a range of services, particularly as they record unusually strong profits.
06/21/2012
The US legislation has worried foreign banks that have American clients as banks face penalties if they refuse to give the United States certain client information required under Facta.
06/21/2012
The €65,000 penalty handed out to the Swiss bank’s unit is part of Ireland’s broader effort to strengthen oversight of the banking sector after the financial collapse that forced the country to seek a €67.5bn bailout from the EU and
06/20/2012
International law firm to create 75 new Dublin jobs
This is as a result of growing demand for both its international legal services and the fiduciary and fund administration services provided by its affiliate, MaplesFS, it said.
06/20/2012
JPMorgan Chase & Co., UBS AG and two other banks won an attempt to block U.K. prosecutors from seizing documents that Italian authorities sought to use at a criminal trial over derivatives, a London judge ruled today.
06/20/2012
Mr X, as the person has been referred to by tribunal, denied he owned an account with the UK-based UBS Wealth Management, called Customer A account, used by some UBS officials to make large-scale unauthorised transactions.
06/19/2012
Liechtenstein, a country known for its banking secrecy laws, recently agreed to allow its second largest bank, Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, to turn over U.S. client data to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
06/19/2012
The SFO is not expected to drop its investigation into Vincent’s younger brother Robert at this point.
06/18/2012
The consultation paper “Ensuring the fair taxation of residential property transactions” has been published by HM Treasury.
06/18/2012
The consultation document “A General Anti-Abuse Rule” has been published by HM Treasury.
06/15/2012
The taskforces were launched as a result of the government’s £917 million spending review investment to tackle tax invasion, avoidance and fraud in 2011.
06/15/2012
The sentence was handed down Thursday by U.S. District Judge David Hittner in Houston.
06/15/2012
CI law firm facilitates estate planning debate in Singapore
"We are well established in the Channel Islands and have been named the fastest growing offshore law firm - but as we are new to Singapore it has been mutually beneficial to facilitate debate and discussion around regional issues with industry leader
06/15/2012
ABN Amro Bank Ltd. asked a judge to dismiss a lawsuit by the liquidator of Bernard Madoff’s firm, saying it lost $490 million in the Ponzi scheme, out of $725 million it invested. As one of the con man’s biggest losers, “it is simply not
06/14/2012
A report in the British media that claims the 200,000 British expats in France are in a frenzy as they face a shock stealth tax on Friday has been questioned by the world’s largest independent financial advisory firm.
06/13/2012
Both nations will sign a double taxation agreement Monday.
06/13/2012
The French Government is using a stealth ploy to squeeze extra cash from foreigners to help pay off its whopping €1.7 trillion national debt.
06/12/2012
TCC client services director Ian Stott said advisers should expect visits from the Financial Services Authority (FSA) as it hones in on fund switching once it has finalised guidance on centralised investment propositions.
06/12/2012
Leading International Financial Centre law firm Expands With New Partners
Eleven attorneys promoted to partner across international network
06/12/2012
UBS has declined to comment on the accusations. UBS spokesman Yves Kaufmann said the bank complied with the legal requirements in the markets where it operated.