NYT: US and Switzerland agree tax treaty
WASHINGTON (AP) The United States and Switzerland have agreed to increase the amount of tax information they share to help…
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Telegraph: Mistress found guilty of billionaire’s murder
The mistress of Edouard Stern, the billionaire banker, has been found guilty of murder for shooting him dead during a…
ByAfter the Fall
Christopher Silvester on how private equity is picking itself up, sorting itself out and getting back to basics I t…
ByDream On
Wake-up call? If only. Most of us will sleepwalk through the next catastrophe, just as we did the last one,…
ByGuardian: Obama to reform US regulatory system
Barack Obama will announce a major reform of America’s financial regulatory system later today including tougher powers for the Federal…
ByFurther comment on new hedge fund regulation
The European Commission has acted with surprising speed to produce draft legislation regulating the activities of so-called “hedge funds.” But…
ByThe banking barrier, broken
Then someone said Glass-Steagall was anachronistic, just when old snake-oil wanted to do a good turn for his buddies. Barclays,…
BySurvey Squared
Hedgehog knows that people do not ordinarily like to talk about their wealth, but when your interlocutor is a computer…
ByGuardian: Multinationals to reveal tax by country
The UK is backing calls to force multinational companies to reveal precisely how much tax they pay in each jurisdiction…
ByWBrief: UBS’s credit rating to be cut severely?
UBS’s credit ratings may be cut by more than one notch by the rating agency Moody’s Investor Services, which is…
ByDead. But red?
The death of Jack Jones at the age of ninety-six in April prompted claims that he worked in the Soviet…
ByOver-easing
Well, we all know Gordon can’t make anything work within the normal rules and always needs more money While Tim…
ByJersey Finance: Foundations Law approved
The approval of the Jersey Foundations Law by Privy Council this week has been welcomed by Jersey Finance as a…
ByMayfair Marathon
If there are two things Hedgehog likes, they are charity events and seeing celebrities sweat. If there are two things…
ByWBull: Private bankers oblivious to client anger
Just under half of all wealthy people are set to change their private banking arrangements, as the impact of the…
BySwitz. signs tax treaty with France in greylist progress
Switzerland has signed a double taxation agreement with France, the Ministry of Finance announced in a statement on Friday. The…
ByST: Myners promises to battle EU hedge fund rules
CITY MINISTER Paul Myners has vowed to fight “tooth and nail” to revise a directive from Brussels that would give…
BySTel: Lloyds abandoning UK-based US customers
Lloyds Banking Group is ditching American customers based in Britain pending a crackdown on international tax evasion planned by President…
By£20m Mayfair house repossessed
A £20 million house, described as “a stunning property in one of the best sites in Mayfair” has been seized…
ByCoping With It: Nettles
Another cartoon from the sharpest pen: Nettles.
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