05/15/2012
Dave Hartnett, head of British tax authority HMRC, was responding to a question on whether E.U. common markets officials could mount objections to Britain's deal as well as ones Switzerland clinched recently with Germany and Austria, in favour of dem
05/15/2012
he European Court of Justice has ruled that foreign investment funds that invest in French companies should not be liable to pay a discriminatory withholding tax on dividends
05/15/2012
Von Crailsheim, meanwhile, is a tax specialist and Terpitz is a projects lawyer, focusing on renewables and energy regulatory matters.
05/15/2012
The appointment expands Duane Morris’s private equity group outside the US and Asia, with further hires in the City expected to follow.
05/14/2012
Increased market fragmentation has made it more difficult to pick out market manipulation across Europe's trading venues, pushing the European Securities Markets Authority to enact tough new market abuse rules.
05/14/2012
The consultancy has outlined five areas of impact for DB pension risk management for plan sponsors to consider as they prepare for adoption of IAS 19 rev 2011 over the next year.
05/11/2012
A former UBS trader, who was fired after the bank found he worked with a colleague to manipulate trading figures, sued for unfair dismissal in London.
05/11/2012
He been banned from carrying out any regulated financial services activity in the future.
05/10/2012
Switzerland is trying to shed its image as a haven for tax cheats and has already struck deals with Germany, Britain and more than a dozen other countries to return a share of foreign money hidden in Swiss banks.
05/10/2012
Wealthy Austrians are starting to repatriate assets they had deposited in Switzerland after a tax deal that forgives past tax evasion against a one-time payment, the head of Austria’s Capital Bank AG was quoted as saying.
05/10/2012
This is the largest fine ever imposed by the FSA in a conflict of interest case.
05/10/2012
The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has published a feedback statement setting out the approach being taken by the FSA to ensure firms develop appropriate recovery plans and resolution packs.
05/09/2012
Verdict Due In Dresdner Kleinwort Bonus Case
Justice Robert Owen is expected Wednesday to make public his decision, according to sources, ending more than two years of legal wrangling.
05/09/2012
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05/09/2012
He brings with him a knowledge of tax, trust and estate planning for wealthy individuals, as well as their advisers and trustees, both domestically and internationally.
05/09/2012
The failure of Dresdner Kleinwort to pay bonus deals as stated in December “was wrongful and in breach of express and implied terms”, the claimants had argued.
05/08/2012
Arlette Ricci disputed the validity of using the data, stolen by a former HSBC employee and seized from his home in 2009, in pursuing her for allegedly hiding wealth in HSBC accounts in Switzerland to evade taxes, AFP said, citing Jean- Marc Fedida, her l
05/08/2012
Overall MSIEu had significant failings in corporate governance and control arrangements which resulted in it being poorly organised and managed across its business as a whole.
05/08/2012
If for any reason the sum of £572,283.21 is not paid within 28 days, Sidhu will be liable to serve an extra 5 years in prison.
05/07/2012
British banks are facing the prospect of a major investigation by the Financial Services Authority into alleged mis-selling of billions of pounds of complex interest rate hedging products to small businesses.