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Switzerland Legislates For Automatic Exchange tax-related information
January 16th, 2015
The Swiss Federal Council has launched two parallel consultations on legislation that would enable Switzerland to automatically exchange tax-related information from 2018. The first consultation concerns draft legislation arising from Switzerland’s October 2013 signature of the Organisation for Economic ...
29-Year-Old Russian Hedge Fund Founder Disappears With All The Firm’s Money
January 5th, 2015
The value of the ruble isn’t the only thing that is vanishing in Russia. A Moscow hedge fund chief executive has disappeared, along with all the money in the firm’s accounts. That’s according to a stunning feature in The ...
BCC: UK Economy Set For Strong 2015, But Premature Rate Hike ‘Huge Risk’
December 11th, 2014
Britain’s economy still looks on course to expand at a strong pace in 2015, but raising interest rates now would pose a “huge risk” to its recovery, the British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) said on Wednesday. The BCC trimmed its forecasts ...
Moody’s downgrades Japan on debt worries
December 1st, 2014
Moody’s Investors Service today downgraded the Government of Japan’s debt rating by one notch to A1 from Aa3. The outlook is stable. The key drivers for the downgrade are the following: Heightened uncertainty over the achievability of fiscal deficit ...
Financial Stability Board to Propose Stricter Capital Rules for Global Banks
November 10th, 2014
The Financial Stability Board, a panel made up of central bankers, finance officials and top regulators from the world’s largest economies, plans to announce proposals Monday that would double the amount of money that large banks would be required ...
Excel: The power of mapping
April 7th, 2014
Many financial systems do a fine job of generating standard reports, but accountants often need more. In those cases, accountants can create custom solutions in Excel, but that approach has drawbacks. For instance, a typical process may involve exporting ...
China Mulling Implementing FATCA-Like Law To Reduce Tax Evasion On Mainland; Hong Kong Agreed To Share Tax Information Of US Expats Earlier This Week
March 31st, 2014
China is to looking to formulate a law similar to one in the U.S., which now requires financial institutions worldwide to disclose information on American taxpayers to the U.S. government, South China Morning Post, or SCMP, reported Friday. China ...
