09/06/2012
Late last month, Zurich-based Julius Baer said client data had been leaked. According to Swiss media, the data was then passed on to officials in North Rhine-Westphalia, a German state which has tapped leaked Swiss data before as part of efforts to hunt t
09/06/2012
The Proposed Rules, which are not yet final, would have the effect of increasing the flexibility for issuers, including hedge and other alternative investment funds, to solicit purchasers through general solicitation, but would also impose a more signific
09/06/2012
The banking industry has come under fresh scrutiny after the Financial Services Authority ordered Barclays to overhaul its culture and its boardroom following the appointment of its new chief executive, Antony Jenkins.
09/05/2012
ASIC may investigate Macquarie Private Wealth for "for ongoing compliance failures; for providing clients with inappropriate advice", and other breaches, the Sydney Morning Herald reports.
09/04/2012
The EU is attempting to tackle a gender imbalance across the 27 member countries after its research found that women comprised just 13.7pc of board positions in listed companies.
09/04/2012
Such audits were proposed four years ago by the United States and could become a requirement under regulations being considered in Britain after a scandal over the manipulation of the London Interbank Offered Rate caused havoc this year.
09/04/2012
The Aberdeen-based practice, which has a subsidiary called Golden Square Wealth Management, said a rise in private client work had also helped fee income in the year to 31 March grow 4.7 per cent to £10.4m.
09/04/2012
At least four former Barclays traders who worked under Pal in New York have drawn scrutiny from U.S. prosecutors and regulators in the investigation into the manipulation of the London interbank offered rate and related benchmark interest rates, according
09/04/2012
The case against UBS was opened on August 29, following a criminal complaint by the Bruno Manser Fund over the bank’s close ties with Sabah Chief Minister Musa Aman.
09/04/2012
Following the financial crisis, UBS does not dispute the need for tougher bank regulation on issues such as risk, liquidity and emergency measures, Weber said, but he warned of possible knock-on effects of putting rules into place without consulting banks
09/03/2012
After December 31, 2012, unless Congress enacts new legislation, this opportunity will vanish and will be replaced by a $1 million exemption and a 55 percent federal transfer tax rate.
09/03/2012
Federal Judge Marcelo Martinez de Giorgi will ask Interpol to issue an international arrest warrant seeking Mulford's extradition for questioning over the bond exchange carried out by the government in an unsuccessful bid to avoid default.
09/03/2012
Although the current situation for banks is characterised by falling margins, a large number of regulatory projects and constant pressure from abroad, Switzerland can continue to be a leading financial centre.
09/02/2012
Swiss bank UBS AG (UBS) said Friday that it will "certainly fully cooperate" with authorities after Swiss prosecutors began a criminal probe for alleged money laundering related to rainforest logging in Malaysia.
09/02/2012
The buy-out firms are said to have been subpoenaed by New York’s attorney general Eric Schneiderman over their use of a tax-cutting method.
08/30/2012
Regulators now allege that for years several banks may have lied about the interest rates they paid to borrow money from one another.
08/29/2012
'The Salz Review will undertake extensive independent analysis, and its recommendations will be evidence based.
08/29/2012
Banks have been focusing on Tier 2 bank debt in recent months due to the ongoing uncertainty surrounding Additional Tier 1.
08/29/2012
The bank said last night that the UK’s main prosecutor of corruption had opened a formal criminal inquiry into the issue.
08/28/2012
Judge Elizabeth Gloster will rule on whether Boris Berezovsky was extorted out of his business empire by Roman Abramovich, the owner of Chelsea football club.