04/04/2013
Regulators are overhauling the rules after the widespread use of the technique in the U.S. mortgage market contributed to the financial crisis by spreading risk from lenders to the so- called shadow banking sector.
04/03/2013
The CFTC accused Taylor of fabricating trades to conceal a huge, unauthorised position in e-mini Standard & Poor's futures contracts, which bet on the direction of the S&P 500 index.
04/02/2013
Intellectual property has become a key driver of economic growth globally.
04/02/2013
Both previous finance partners resigned from their positions.
04/02/2013
The lender was accused of “multiple fraudulent and deceptive acts” in promoting and selling mortgage securities.
04/02/2013
HMRC is pushing ahead rapidly with the introduction of these changes.
04/02/2013
François Hollande's former tax tsar begged for "forgiveness" after admitting to having an undeclared Swiss bank account for the past 20 years, as he was placed under formal investigation for tax fraud.
04/02/2013
Tax avoidance rules are causing chaos, say experts
Tax experts have warned that the Government’s efforts to introduce a blanket ban on tax avoidance are “utterly confusing” and causing “dangerous chaos” weeks before they are due to be introduced.
04/01/2013
ABN Amro, now fully owned by the Dutch state, is a little more forthcoming. It says the tax haven subsidiaries are connected to special investment funds and investments in ships and that there is 'no question' of tax evasion.
04/01/2013
Family businesses are a pillar of economic growth in Bahrain
03/31/2013
Breakup of Financial Services Authorities puts Bank in charge of regulation and crisis avoidance in biggest shakeup since 1997
03/31/2013
As an example of a practice no longer deemed acceptable, he cited the way banks used trust arrangements to pay bonuses to employees that meant they avoided national insurance and allowed them to defer the tax on those bonuses.
03/31/2013
Michael Steinberg was arrested Friday by FBI agents at his Manhattan apartment
03/28/2013
Sullivan & Cromwell and two other leading global firms have picked up roles this week on deals involving a pair of wealth management divisions.
03/28/2013
"I am sticking by my pledge," Hollande said
03/28/2013
Former chief Fred Goodwin could give evidence as pension funds and ING take bank to court over huge losses
03/28/2013
The Amsterdam court ruled ABN Amro was entitled to suspend the bankers before completing its investigations.
03/27/2013
Liechtenstein, with similar secrecy laws to larger neighbor Switzerland, has long prospered by offering secretive foundations and trusts through firms known as fiduciaries.
03/27/2013
There are around 500 adviser firms being pursued by the FSCS, relating to about 1,500 Keydata investors.
03/26/2013
Slaughters, Herbert Smith and Ashurst advise on Schroders' £424m Cazenove takeover
The deal comes after Berwin Leighton Paisner earlier this year took a role for Schroders on the Alternative Investment Market listing of its West End property trust.