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U.S. Banks Say Soaring Dollar Puts Them at Disadvantage
February 9th, 2015
Firms Say They May Be Forced to Hold More Capital Than Foreign Rivals The strengthening U.S. dollar is rippling through the financial system in unexpected ways, revealing what bankers say is a hidden flaw in a Federal Reserve proposal ...
HSBC files show how Swiss bank helped clients dodge taxes and hide millions (Video)
February 9th, 2015
Data in massive cache of leaked secret bank account files lift lid on questionable practices at subsidiary of one of world’s biggest financial institutions. HSBC’s Swiss banking arm helped wealthy customers dodge taxes and conceal millions of dollars of ...
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 ...
ICAP to fight €14.9m Brussels fine
February 5th, 2015
ICAP is to fight a €14.9m fine imposed on it by European antitrust authorities for aiding a cartel in the yen swaps markets as Brussels formally closed a portion of its long-running probe into rate manipulation. The UK interdealer broker ...
MFSA: Circular to the financial services industry on the issue of the PRIIPS Regulation
February 4th, 2015
The Malta Financial Services Authority (MFSA) would like to draw the attention of the financial services industry to the publication of Regulation (EU) No 1286/2014 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the 26 November 2014 on key information ...
ICAP to face EU fine over yen cartels
February 3rd, 2015
ICAP faces an EU fine this week for allegedly facilitating cartels on yen-denominated inter-rate benchmarks, as Brussels tackles the holdouts in rate-rigging probes that have already resulted in about €1.7bn in penalties. The world’s largest interdealer broker has strongly ...
EU-US legal services break-through
January 30th, 2015
Conference of chief justices offers a way out of the old plot-line. A very significant step was taken a few days ago in the ongoing negotiations between the US and EU legal professions on opening markets in legal services ...
Council conclusions on Ukraine
January 30th, 2015
Foreign Affairs Council meeting Brussels, 29 January 2015 The Council adopted the following conclusions: “1. The Council strongly condemns the indiscriminate shelling of the residential areas, especially in Mariupol and the recent escalation of fighting in the Donetsk and ...
Richest Russians Repatriate Assets After Putin Turns Tax Screw
January 20th, 2015
President Vladimir Putin is pushing harder on Russia’s richest citizens to repatriate offshore assets amid a slump in the ruble and the imposition of sanctions by the U.S. and the European Union. Under new tax rules signed into law ...
Euro pinned near 11-year low as SNB move beefs up bets on ECB stimulus
January 16th, 2015
The euro languished just above an 11-year trough on Friday as investors wagered that the Swiss move to abandon its currency cap meant it was almost certain the European Central Bank would launch large-scale bond buying next week. The ...
