02/26/2015
Absent another horse meat scandal, the clear focus on the evils of tax avoidance seems here to stay until the General Election; with the major political parties all seeing an easy way to win votes (while trying to defend individual action taken by their o
02/26/2015
Most continental European countries including Italy, France and Spain impose ‘forced heirship’ rules, so that owners of real property situated in the country must leave a share of the property directly to their children on death and cannot lea
02/26/2015
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02/25/2015
The National Bank of Hungary has suspended the licence of brokerage Buda-Cash with immediate effect on suspicion of wrongdoing.
02/25/2015
The sands of time are running out for hedge fund managers wishing to continue distributing their funds to Swiss investors.
02/25/2015
The law firm is now forecasting another turnover rise and is undertaking a recruitment drive throughout 2015.
02/25/2015
Earlier this month Miliband said a future Labour government would push for UK overseas territories to be put on an international blacklist if they refuse to co-operate with a drive against tax avoidance.
02/25/2015
Royal Bank of Scotland has said it suspended another two employees as part of an investigation by the bank into foreign exchange market rigging
02/25/2015
I have now been held approaching 300 days without questioning, charge or trial
02/24/2015
The Financial Conduct Authority is considering a review of the asset management sector that would look at how buyers of products receive value for money.
02/24/2015
Knighted hedge fund manager embroiled in embezzlement probe
Gregory King is among four Scots accused of syphoning £400 million through the crashed Gibraltar-based hedge fund Heather Capital
02/24/2015
Deal with France to allow UK use leaked HSBC files to pursue financial advisers
02/24/2015
Japanese law firm opens London Office
The firm will advise on all aspects of Japanese law
02/24/2015
Hogan Lovells has re-appointed London real estate partner Nicholas Cheffings as Chair of Hogan Lovells beginning 1 May 2015
02/24/2015
“While Aviva Investors’ failings were serious, the FCA has recognised that its actions since reporting its failings were exceptional. The level of co-operation during the investigation and commitment to ensuring no customers were adversely imp
02/24/2015
Non-Executive Directors (NEDs) with specific responsibilities, such as Chairman, will come under the new Senior Managers Regime (SMR), the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) and Prudential Regulation Authority (PRA) has confirmed.
02/24/2015
It also said the Commodity Futures Trading Commission had subpoenaed HSBC Bank USA for documents related to its precious metals trading.
02/24/2015
Non-executive directors at banks and insurers exempt from personal liability regime
02/23/2015
The Quiet Man Who Made Big Trouble for Little Luxembourg
Antoine Deltour sees himself as “just a little auditor” who copied some tax files
02/23/2015
He will leave the Supreme Court of the Netherlands on September 1st , 2015. He is the first Justice of the Supreme Court of the Netherlands to leave the Court to join an international law firm.