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HSBC bosses to answer MPs’ questions
February 25th, 2015
The chairman and chief executive of HSBC will appear before a panel of MPs today to answer questions about a tax scandal at the banking giant. Chairman Douglas Flint and chief executive Stuart Gulliver will appear before MPs on ...
HSBC share price closes 4.6 per cent lower after full-year profits tank due to “challenging year”
February 24th, 2015
HSBC ended the day with its shares at 577p, 4.6 per cent lower than Friday’s closing price. Having announced that profits fell 17 per cent during 2014, it admitted its US arm had also been subpoenaed by the US Commodity ...
HSBC files reveal how UK’s non-dom tax concession is being exploited
February 12th, 2015
The leaked HSBC Swiss files reveal how widely Britain’s unique “non-dom” tax concession is being exploited. The government says the controversial tax status is supposed to be to the nation’s benefit, by encouraging wealthy foreign investors to spend time in Britain. ...
Denials continue despite MPs hearing of HSBC tax evasion claims in 2011 (Video)
February 11th, 2015
Downing Street insists it had no warning of HSBC wrongdoing, despite revelation MPs had known about ‘disc from the Swiss’ with names of potential tax dodgers Downing Street and the Financial Conduct Authority insisted on Tuesday they had been ...
UBS Faces a New Tax-Evasion Probe
February 5th, 2015
Authorities Investigate Whether Swiss Bank’s Clients Used ‘Bearer Securities’ to Hide Cash Federal prosecutors have launched a new probe into whether Swiss bank UBS AG helped Americans evade taxes through investments largely banned in the U.S., according to people familiar with ...
Credit Suisse says Milan offices searched by Italian tax police
January 8th, 2015
Credit Suisse said on Thursday its offices in Milan were searched by Italian tax police last month, following reports of an investigation into whether a Bermuda subsidiary of the Swiss bank helped wealthy Italians hide undeclared funds. “We can ...
Switzerland bows to pressure; Tightens money-laundering rules
December 15th, 2014
The Swiss Parliament has bowed to international pressure, tightening the country’s money-laundering rules. There will be a CHF100,000 ($104,000) cap on cash transactions, and not just foreign dictators, but also senior politicians and officials like Sepp Blatter, will be ...
Forex traders plotted strategy in secret chats
November 13th, 2014
Traders of major banks fined $4.3 billion Wednesday for attempted manipulation of foreign exchange markets used electronic chat rooms to plot their moves. Transcript excerpts of conversations released Wednesday by the Commodity Futures Trading Commission show traders from U.S. banks Citibank(C) ...
FINMA sanctions foreign exchange manipulation at UBS
November 12th, 2014
The Swiss Financial Market Supervisory Authority (FINMA) has concluded enforcement proceedings against UBS AG (UBS) regarding foreign exchange trading conducted in Switzerland. FINMA found that over an extended period of time the bank’s employees in Zurich at least attempted ...
Former UBS executive found not guilty in U.S. tax cheating trial
November 4th, 2014
A former top banker who headed global wealth management at UBS AG (UBSN.VX) (UBS.N) was found not guilty on Monday on U.S. charges of conspiring with wealthy Americans to hide $20 billion in secret offshore accounts. Raoul Weil, the ...
