As Osama into Autumn Slips
All terrorist networks fizzle out eventually. Is al-Qaeda past its cell-by date, asks Nigel West In the nearly eight years…
ByMonth: June 2009
Keep it in the Family
Most family fortunes are frittered away within a few generations. With effective governance, it doesn’t have to be that way,…
ByWealth Mismanagement Survey
Bruce Weatherill on the ways in which recent events shamed the wealth-management sector — and the extent to which many…
ByThe Price of Freedom
As the credit crunch bites, so does white collar crime. If the police arrive at your doorstep, which criminal law…
ByFT: Saudi freezes HSBC billionaire’s accounts
Saudi Arabia’s central bank has ordered the kingdom’s banks to freeze the accounts of Maan al-Sanea, a leading Saudi businessman…
ByReuters: Lombard to liquidate two funds of funds
ZURICH, June 2 (Reuters) – Swiss private bank Lombard Odier Darier Hentsch & Cie confirmed it would liquidate its Delta…
ByIsle of Man to host superyacht/aircraft conference
The Isle of Man is to ‘host’ its first superyacht and aircraft conference this September in London. The conference, run…
ByWalpole Position
Classics become classics by dint of endurance, so it is too early to say that any of the ‘Brands of…
ByGuardian: Lords criticise Brown’s regulatory system
The financial regulatory system set up by Gordon Brown in 1997 has been heavily criticised by an influential House of…
ByPictet set to overtake UBS in number of staff
The city of Geneva has escaped the worst ravages of the financial crisis to date, as banking firms in the…
ByTax Special: Blue Skies, Grey Listed
The British Virgin Islands are not like other dodgy Caribbean tax havens and are lobbying hard to have their ‘grey’…
ByReady, Steady, Legislate
The idea that famous people could make good politicians because they are famous is fatuous. Why not elect celebrity chefs?…
ByNew faces of £50 banknote unveiled
The renowned 18th century business partnership of entrepreneur Matthew Boulton and engineer James Watt provides the historical figures to be…
ByDarth Vader knows the answer
This much detail is all available on the public record, so what more does Cheney want? One of the more…
BySuper-wealthy targeted in tax evasion campaign
An international campaign against tax evasion by the super-wealthy has been launched by tax authorities from 34 countries, which pledged…
ByWBrief: Swiss bank pay regs to be unveiled
Swiss financial regulator Finma will unveil rules this week on how Swiss bank can pay staff, the newspaper SonntagsZeitung reported,…
ByWBull: Mon, Liech, And removed from OECD list
European tax havens Monaco, Liechtenstein and Andorra have been removed from the Organisation of Economic Cooperation and Development’s uncooperative tax…
ByWSJ: Wall Street stockbrokers waiving fees
The battle on Wall Street for top-producing stockbrokers is turning into a gold mine for some of their clients. The…
ByTax Special: The View from Switzerland
Spear’s consulted someone with a ringside seat for their view of the Swiss tax situation I t is important to…
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