To Catch a Banker
It’s the old solution of using criminals to catch criminals. Unfortunately, the criminals in the banks were just too high-paid.…
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FT: Osborne abolishes FSA, boosts BoE
George Osborne moved to redress what he described as the spectacular regulatory failure of the City, announcing the abolition of…
ByWBrief: BarW to triple Swiss AuM
Barclays Wealth, the private client arm of UK-listed banking giant Barclays, aims to triple the assets under management at its…
ByDave will tear us apart
When Hedgehog caught up with David Davis at a Vestra Wealth breakfast event about Capital Gains Tax, he was in…
ByAFP: Swiss parly passes UBS deal
ZURICH Switzerland’s lower house of parliament on Tuesday passed a deal with the United States settling US tax evasion litigation…
ByKnight Frank: Asian buyers out in force in London market
According to a new international investment report by Knight Frank, Asian Investors are now buying more than a fifth of…
ByPastry With That?
Another entry in the long-running Really Annoying Phrases series Another entry in the long-running Really Annoying Phrases series. Let us…
ByA Hundred Objections
A History of the World is A Travesty of the Wireless. Radio 4 has resumed its second tranche of A…
ByFT: SEC to look at second Goldman deal
The US Securities and Exchange Commission has stepped up its inquiries into a complex mortgage-backed deal by Goldman Sachs that…
ByWSJ: UBS says Swiss parly to pass US deal
ZURICH (Dow Jones)–UBS AG’s (UBS) financial head Wednesday said Swiss parliament is likely to ultimately pass a U.S.-Swiss pact allowing…
ByWBrief: £1m+ mortgage lender opening in London
UK property lender Private Finance has launched a central London brokerage team aimed at the £1 million (about $1.45 million)…
ByWBrief: Germany buys more stolen data
Germany has again bought a stolen disk with data on German individuals with accounts in Switzerland suspected of tax evasion.…
ByIndy: Swiss parly rejects US-UBS deal
The international deal that saved the Swiss bank UBS from investigation for aiding massive tax evasion in the US has…
ByThar We Blow!
HMS Coalition had a bit of bother in harbour as she was readied for her 5-year voyage to Erewhon, wherever…
ByWBrief: Liechtenstein AuM up 17%
Client assets under management in Liechtenstein rose by 17 per cent in 2009 to SFr261.6 billion (around $225.2 billion) compared…
ByWSJ: Ivan Pictet, retiring, on Asian HNWs
Over a 30-year career with the Swiss private bank that bears his name, Ivan Pictet counts the bank’s expansion into…
ByThe Light Got In
Left-wing economist and newly appointed head of the review into public sector pay Will Hutton and Conservative rising star Jesse…
ByWithers: HIRE Act to limit Americans’ choices
A straw poll conducted by international law firm Withers has indicated that a growing number of Americans are likely to…
ByKorean Kraziness
An international panel of experts have examined the wreck and set out the convincing evidence that incriminates North Korea. The…
ByIndependence or irrelevance for MFOs
Multi-family offices must prove their independence or face irrelevance, a debate at law firm Lawrence Graham concluded last night. by…
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