Search Results for: British Virgin Islands
BCSC added Ava Trade in Investment Caution List
May 31st, 2016
British Columbia Securities Commission (BCSC) has issued a warning to inform investors and public regarding on-line broker Ava Trade Ltd. Ava Trade Ltd. claims to be a regulated on-line broker, based in the British Virgin Islands. BCSC recently became ...
Nearly 400 LSE-listed companies based in tax havens linked to UK
May 13th, 2016
Research finds 389 firms on London Stock Exchange with market capitalisation of £225bn are registered in offshore territories Almost 400 companies listed on the London Stock Exchange (LSE), with a collective market capitalisation of £225bn, are based in offshore havens connected ...
Balkan Offshore Businesses Named in Panama Database
May 12th, 2016
Scores of people from the Balkans including tycoons, an ex-ambassador, politicians, a banker and some convicted fraudsters appear in a newly-released database of users of offshore tax havens. Scores of people and companies linked to Balkan countries appear in the ...
BVI Shrugs Off Recent Financial Services Criticism
May 11th, 2016
The Premier of the British Virgin Islands, Orlando Smith, has reiterated his Government’s commitment to the territory’s financial services industry. Smith stated, “Our financial services industry remains strong and our commitment to it is rock solid.” He added that ...
Israeli police collaborate with French regulator; 15 FX company directors under criminal investigation
April 20th, 2016
4XP, BForex, Sisma Capital, Tradaxa and Aston Invest involved in a massive scam operation that took an average of €210,000 from each victim The world of Forex and Binary Options scams in Israel is being dragged out by a ...
Revealed: the $2bn offshore trail that leads to Vladimir Putin
April 4th, 2016
A network of secret offshore deals and vast loans worth $2bn has laid a trail to Russia’s president, Vladimir Putin. An unprecedented leak of documents shows how this money has made members of Putin’s close circle fabulously wealthy. Though the ...
Iranian Miniskirts, Bags of Cash Raise Doubts Over Controls at HSBC
March 30th, 2016
Monitor finds lapses in bank’s efforts to prevent money laundering and evasion of sanctions following 2012 settlement with Justice Department The monitor overseeing HSBC’s compliance with a landmark anti-money-laundering settlement has uncovered a range of potential lapses including loans ...
Forex Broker Ironfx Australia Becomes Gvs Au, Trades As Fxgiants
March 8th, 2016
IronFX Global Australia, the Australian unit of forex brokerage IronFX Global, has been renamed GVS (AU) PTY, according to data published on the website of the Australian Securities and Investments Commission (ASIC). The company now operates under the FXGiants trading brand, according to ...
Which country is the World’s Favorite New Tax Haven?
January 28th, 2016
The World’s Favorite New Tax Haven Is the United States Moving money out of the usual offshore secrecy havens and into the U.S. is a brisk new business. Last September, at a law firm overlooking San Francisco Bay, Andrew ...
Google tax deal labelled ‘derisory’, as criticism grows
January 25th, 2016
An agreement for US firm Google to pay £130m in UK back taxes has been labelled as “derisory” and a “sweetheart deal” by critics. The payment covers money owed since 2005 and follows a six-year inquiry by Her Majesty’s ...
