07/17/2012
The Securities and Futures Commission said it had raised concerns that in more than 3,000 transactions, Societe Generale's clients had paid or received a different price for over-the-counter traded products than the price paid by the bank, with the d
07/16/2012
Andrew Bailey, head of the Prudential Business Unit at the Financial Services Authority (FSA), added that Mr Diamond's account of his and the bank's relationship with regulators was "highly selective".
07/15/2012
The NFA rules are part of an ongoing response to recent market events, and are the result of coordinated and collaborative efforts by the Commission, self-regulatory organizations and market participants, including the two-day public Roundtable hosted by
07/15/2012
On February 9, 2012, the CFTC issued a final rule regarding changes to Part 4 of the Commission’s regulations involving registration and compliance obligations for CPOs and CTAs.
07/15/2012
The Financial Times Deutschland reports that officials in the western state of North Rhine-Westphalia paid 3.5 million for a CD containing the names of some 1,000 rich German clients.
07/12/2012
The bilateral treaty between India and Switzerland, the Double Taxation Avoidance Agreement (DTAA), provides the framework within which Indian authorities can seek administrative assistance against tax evasion or fraud.
07/12/2012
Last year Credit Suisse paid €150 million ($183.83 million) to German tax authorities to settle an inquiry over allegations the bank and its employees helped Germans dodge tax.
07/12/2012
Robert Morfee, a lawyer from Clarke Willmott who specialises in investment disputes and has been working with a number of clients who were invested in the AIG fund, has warned Coutts’ clients who are receiving offers that they should be mindful of
07/11/2012
At the same time, German newspaper the Handelsblatt has reported that up to 7,000 Credit Suisse clients are being targeted by a separate tax evasion investigation in Germany.
07/11/2012
The charges were the first brought in the probe, which was opened in April after a preliminary inquiry by the French customs service into a February 2011 complaint by the Prudential Control Authority, France’s banking regulator.
07/11/2012
A former St James’s Place adviser has been awarded “substantial damages” and legal costs after the Mail on Sunday newspaper alleged the adviser had stolen £5m from clients.
07/10/2012
The investments averaged about 500,000 euros with individual cases of 12 million euros and more, the newspaper said.
07/10/2012
U.S. prosecutors may take criminal or civil enforcement measures involving the London-based bank amid an investigation into terrorist funding, HSBC said in February.
07/10/2012
The newspaper referred to so-called Bermuda products designed as insurance-style instruments to avoid tax.
07/09/2012
India joins countries including the UK and the US in cracking down on rich people who haven’t disclosed offshore funds amid probes into money laundering and tax evasion.
07/09/2012
In an email dated October 22, 2008, from Sir Jeremy Heywood, then principal private secretary to Gordon Brown, to Paul Tucker, then head of markets at the Bank of England, he asks why Barclays is paying “ABOVE Libor” to fund in the sterling mo
07/09/2012
Representative Edward Markey on Monday released data from the companies showing more than 1.3 million requests for cell phone records last year.
07/09/2012
The panel has been investigating HSBC for months as part of an effort by the Senate panel to probe shadowy money flows.
07/09/2012
Recent changes to the French tax system announced by president Francois Hollande’s government may not be so serious for British and other owners of French properties, believes UK regulated specialist mortgage broker Offshoreonline.org.
07/08/2012
The FDF, which is equivalent to Finance Ministry in Switzerland, has said in a report on international financial and tax matters for 2012 that the country is at the forefront of global efforts to tackle cross-border financial crime.