Managers of Wealth

Ex-SJP adviser wins Mail on Sunday libel case

A former St James’s Place adviser has been awarded “substantial damages” and legal costs after the Mail on Sunday newspaper alleged the adviser had stolen £5m from clients.

Credit Suisse German Clients Homes Raided by Tax Agents, HB Says

The investments averaged about 500,000 euros with individual cases of 12 million euros and more, the newspaper said.

Handler Thayer Named Best Private Client Law Firm in North America

"The Family Office Review Awards recognize and honor those who are the best of the best inside the North American family office industry."

HSBC To Apologize At Hearing On Money Laundering, Memo Shows

U.S. prosecutors may take criminal or civil enforcement measures involving the London-based bank amid an investigation into terrorist funding, HSBC said in February.

Credit Suisse exempted from German tax prosecution

The newspaper referred to so-called Bermuda products designed as insurance-style instruments to avoid tax.

Swiss HSBC account holders offered India amnesty, says official

India joins countries including the UK and the US in cracking down on rich people who haven’t disclosed offshore funds amid probes into money laundering and tax evasion.

Email cache shows depth of Whitehall fears over Barclays Libor submissions

In an email dated October 22, 2008, from Sir Jeremy Heywood, then principal private secretary to Gordon Brown, to Paul Tucker, then head of markets at the Bank of England, he asks why Barclays is paying “ABOVE Libor” to fund in the sterling mo

Mobile operators pressured for private client data

Representative Edward Markey on Monday released data from the companies showing more than 1.3 million requests for cell phone records last year.

US Senate panel plans HSBC money laundering hearing

The panel has been investigating HSBC for months as part of an effort by the Senate panel to probe shadowy money flows.

French holiday home owners may have little to fear from new tax changes

Recent changes to the French tax system announced by president Francois Hollande’s government may not be so serious for British and other owners of French properties, believes UK regulated specialist mortgage broker Offshoreonline.org.

Illicit wealth under corporate veil

The FDF, which is equivalent to Finance Ministry in Switzerland, has said in a report on international financial and tax matters for 2012 that the country is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle cross-border financial crime.

RBS fights to keep its Libor records secret

Royal Bank of Scotland is fighting a court order requiring it to co-operate with an international criminal investigation into allegations its staff fixed a key banking lending rate.

Knock knock. Who’s there? A UK tax cheat

It’s a scandal that broke with a classic newspaper scoop.

Financial fraud: When gatekeepers see no evil, hear no evil and speak no evil

Media’s ‘bad apple’ theory no longer works

France Set to Raise Taxes on Firms, Rich

The government said it would seek Parliament approval for €7.2 billion ($9.08 billion) in extra taxes this year.

HSBC Millionaire Client Fined for Swiss Bank Tax Evasion

He was convicted Wednesday of cheating the public revenue at Wood Green Crown Court.

FSA tells IFAs: don't leave clients in dark with DFM deals

The Financial Services Authority has told advisers they must make it clear to clients who manages their investments when outsourcing to a discretionary fund manager.

Rogue trader Nick Leeson urges jail for Libor fixing

Barclays was fined £290m by UK and US regulator for attempting to manipulate the rate, which is used to set the borrowing costs for millions of consumers, businesses and investors, by falsely stating how much they were paying to borrow money.

Ex-Lehman broker must pay $904,000 in bonus flap

A San Francisco-based broker must pay more than $904,000 to Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc, which has been aggressively clawing back bonus money that it paid to brokers before its demise in 2008.

Morton Fraser promotes six solicitors

private client lawyer Fiona Byron and litigation lawyers Julia Bryden and Angus Wood have also been promoted

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