01/09/2012

When Billionaire Tax Deals Go Bad

Although Anschutz received about $374 million, he argued they were pending deals not final sales. That meant tax deferral was appropriate, he argued.

01/09/2012

Indian billionaire to appeal inside trading fine

In an order dated Jan. 5, the Securities and Exchange Board of India, or SEBI, said on its website it fined Manoj Gaur 1 million rupees (about $18,900) and an equal fine on his wife and brother for alleged insider trading.

01/06/2012

PwC fined record £1.4m over JP Morgan audit

The independent arbitrators found PwC, now lead by chairman Ian Powell, wrongly reported to the Financial Services Authority that JPMSL had complied with client money rules which govern the segregation and protection of client funds.

01/06/2012

PwC fined record £1.4m over JP Morgan audit

The independent arbitrators found PwC, now lead by chairman Ian Powell, wrongly reported to the Financial Services Authority that JPMSL had complied with client money rules which govern the segregation and protection of client funds.

01/05/2012

Ex-UBS Wealth CEO failed to act on risk failures - FSA

Pottage, now a senior executive at the bank’s headquarters in Zurich, should have started a review of controls after a client-money breach, a payment fraud, and other failings were discovered, the Financial Services Authority said in court papers.

01/05/2012

Bank Sarasin says SNB head family FX deals leaked

The employee admitted to passing the data to an external third party, after which he handed himself over to police, Bank Sarasin said on Tuesday. Bank Sarasin is majority held by Brazilian-Swiss private bank Safra.

01/05/2012

Investors in Ponzi scheme sue Proskauer Rose, Chadbourne & Parke

The lawsuit filed in Texas state court in Houston on Dec. 30 alleges that attorney Thomas Sjoblom, while practicing first at Chadbourne & Parke and then at Proskauer Rose, conspired to defraud 49 plaintiffs from Mexico who unknowingly invested in a Po

01/04/2012

FSA to target firms with ex-NHFA advisers

A source familiar with the situation said where there were individuals from NHFA working in similar roles at other advice firms then those firms would be looked at by the regulator.

01/04/2012

India to sign tax deal in Macau

The SAR Government has so far concluded Tax Information Exchange Agreements (TIEA) or Double Taxation Conventions with 12 different countries or regions.

01/04/2012

Bear Stearns trustee sues JPMorgan over mortgage securities

US Bank NA wants to force JPMorgan to buy back the mortgage loans because of alleged breaches of representations and warranties regarding the Bear Stearns Asset Backed Securities Trust 2005-4, for which it serves as trustee.

01/03/2012

MF Global clients accuse FSA of foot dragging

The City regulator is under growing pressure to launch a review into its handling of MF Global's UK administration amid accusations it neglected clients of the failed broker.

01/03/2012

Former Lloyds bosses to be sued over HBOS takeover

Sir Victor Blank and Eric Daniels, the former chairman and chief executive of Lloyds Banking Group, are to be sued in the US courts by American shareholders unhappy at the bank’s takeover of HBOS at the height of the credit crisis.