01/16/2013
The rainforest advocacy group Bruno Manser Fund (BMF) has filed a complaint to the Swiss attorney general’s office against four banks – UBS, Edmond de Rothschild, Pictet and Deutsche Bank – for their dealings with the Malaysian Taib clan
01/16/2013
He said the central European country will ask Switzerland first to disclose all data pertaining to bank accounts of Hungarian citizens in Swiss banks.
01/16/2013
The penalty of not complying with FATCA will be that the institutions need to impose a 30% tax on non-compliant transfers or payments.
01/15/2013
The suggestion that any 'publication’ through these proceedings would jeopardise an individuals
01/15/2013
Exchequer Secretary David Gauke says: ““HMRC set up the new Affluent Team from some of the £917m made available in 2010.
01/14/2013
Barclays has delayed its panel review planned for this summer by 12 months as the banking giant embarks on a plan to scrap its practice of reassessing law firm rosters on a two-yearly basis.
01/14/2013
Axa says there is “currently no charge” for ongoing service, though a spokeswoman says this will be kept under review.
01/14/2013
The notoriously private author Patricia Cornwell, a titan of crime fiction, watched in court on Monday as her luxurious lifestyle was laid bare like the resolution to one of her plots.
01/14/2013
Officials at Westminster Magistrates Court said the extradition order was approved Monday, and now goes to Home Secretary Theresa May for final approval.
01/13/2013
The number of financial services staff sacked or suspended in Britain last year
01/13/2013
The taxman is increasingly snooping on the private lives of taxpayers, with officials accessing thousands of pieces of personal information over the past year, it emerged today.
01/13/2013
It is hoped that the spending package will boost Japanese economic growth
01/13/2013
The bilateral tax accord between Austria and Liechtenstein
01/12/2013
Ian Hannam, the former JP Morgan banker, is to appeal his £450,000 fine
01/12/2013
Duff & Phelps shareholders will receive only $15.55 in cash for each Duff & Phelps stock they own
01/10/2013
Banks will be able “to avoid the costs of implementation and the resulting immediate outflow of client assets.”
01/10/2013
The FINRA Arbitration Panel dismissed Claimant Pavlovich’s claims.
01/10/2013
The resolution by the Direccion General de Tributos, the tax agency under the Budget Ministry, was dated Jan. 2. That will be its effective date, Bravo said.
01/10/2013
The Model 2 IGA calls for direct foreign financial institution (FFI) reporting to the IRS but with aggregate disclosure of "recalcitrant" account holder data, subject to exchange of information requests by the IRS.
01/09/2013
Seattle’s Laird Norton Tyee has a new name and a new logo