06/28/2012
RBS set for fine as Barclays boss remains defiant
Royal Bank of Scotland could face a hefty fine from the same interest rate rigging scandal that has hammered Barclays this week and left its boss Bob Diamond fighting for his job.
06/28/2012
Royal Bank of Scotland could face a hefty fine from the same interest rate rigging scandal that has hammered Barclays this week and left its boss Bob Diamond fighting for his job.
06/27/2012
The relief will help middle class folks who have been living for years in high tax foreign countries such as the United Kingdom, and particularly the estimated one million Americans living in Canada.
06/26/2012
Additionally, CIA did not have an AFSL, and was therefore trading illegally under the Corporations Act.
06/26/2012
Adding to Mr. Falcone’s mounting woes, the Securities and Exchange Commission is expected to sue the money manager as soon as this week, planning to accuse him of taking a personal loan from his hedge fund, Harbinger Capital Partners, and of giving
06/26/2012
The watchdog said this was the largest fine it has ever imposed
06/25/2012
Non-US financial institutions must sign an agreement with the IRS by June 30 2013 to identify and report on clients with links to the US and more than $50,000 in an account.
06/25/2012
The justices rejected an appeal by a man, identified by the initials M.H., who was held in contempt of court for refusing to comply with a grand jury subpoena seeking records that foreign- account holders are required to keep under the federal Bank Secrec
06/25/2012
ASSET managers face a culture shock following the implementation of the European Union’s Solvency II directive, according to research released yesterday by KPMG.
06/25/2012
The Indian tax authorities are on a drive to unearth black money of Indians stashed in bank accounts abroad.
06/24/2012
The Board of Directors, in its regularly scheduled meeting Friday, reviewed the capital situation of Credit Suisse Group.
06/24/2012
This raises the matter to a federal level, indicating the potential seriousness of the case.
06/24/2012
The complaint charges UBS and certain of its former officers and directors with violations of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934. UBS is a global financial services company.
06/21/2012
The US legislation has worried foreign banks that have American clients as banks face penalties if they refuse to give the United States certain client information required under Facta.
06/21/2012
The €65,000 penalty handed out to the Swiss bank’s unit is part of Ireland’s broader effort to strengthen oversight of the banking sector after the financial collapse that forced the country to seek a €67.5bn bailout from the EU and
06/20/2012
JPMorgan Chase & Co., UBS AG and two other banks won an attempt to block U.K. prosecutors from seizing documents that Italian authorities sought to use at a criminal trial over derivatives, a London judge ruled today.
06/20/2012
Mr X, as the person has been referred to by tribunal, denied he owned an account with the UK-based UBS Wealth Management, called Customer A account, used by some UBS officials to make large-scale unauthorised transactions.
06/19/2012
Liechtenstein, a country known for its banking secrecy laws, recently agreed to allow its second largest bank, Liechtensteinische Landesbank AG, to turn over U.S. client data to the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) and the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ).
06/19/2012
The SFO is not expected to drop its investigation into Vincent’s younger brother Robert at this point.
06/18/2012
The consultation paper “Ensuring the fair taxation of residential property transactions” has been published by HM Treasury.
06/18/2012
The consultation document “A General Anti-Abuse Rule” has been published by HM Treasury.