02/21/2013
Withers turns to Appleby for pan-Europe investment push
At Withers he is charged with setting up a team that will act for investment fund clients across Europe as the EU’s alternative investment fund managers directive is implemented later this year.
02/21/2013
Insisting that new wealth taxes are "utter nonsense" from an economic point of view
02/21/2013
The naming and shaming exercise is part of a crackdown that includes larger fines and tracing previous evaders
02/20/2013
It would constrain French banks to transfer into a separately funded entity its speculative activities, and would ban certain activities such as high-frequency trading and some forms of commodities trading.
02/20/2013
Clifford Chance names new managing partner for Spain
Clifford Chance has announced corporate specialist Jaime Velázquez as managing partner of its Spanish offices
02/20/2013
KPMG had earlier revealed a 13% fall in profits for the year
02/19/2013
Mansion Tax - A silly way to tax wealth
Taxing property unlikely to yield much success says one commentator.
02/19/2013
The Guidelines follow ESMA’s consultation on the draft remuneration guidelines which closed in September 2012.
02/18/2013
Avoidance schemes are "running rings" around HMRC and those who use them should be made public, according to MPs.
02/18/2013
FSA has launched a thematic review into the disclosure and delivery of adviser charging in the post-RDR regulatory landscape
02/18/2013
The fraud was based on the existence of a "lost retailer" among the firms
02/18/2013
LBG failed to establish an adequate process for preparing redress payments to send to PPI complainants.
02/17/2013
There is evidence that transaction costs did not significantly come down for individual investors
02/17/2013
“We are determined to develop measures to address base erosion and profit shifting.”
02/17/2013
The Manches-led group action has three months from the date the findings from the Pilot Scheme were announced to file the lawsuit.
02/17/2013
“We must organize services better and cut routine procedures.”
02/17/2013
The French Government intends to ensure more effective implementation of bilateral tax agreements
02/14/2013
British business groups have warned that jobs and growth could be jeopardised by the controversial financial transactions tax officially unveiled by the European Commission.
02/14/2013
ESMA’s first risk report on EU securities markets claims calm and better investment conditions prevail
The report says investment conditions in the EU improved in 2012
02/14/2013
Dutch Bakers spin-off adds Luxembourg office and Turkey capability
Schuurmann joins Van Campen Liem as a partner and will work alongside Amsterdam partners Marc van Campen and Marcello Distaso