Search Results for: UBS
MAS directs Swiss Bank “BSI Bank” to shut down in Singapore
May 24th, 2016
The Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS) announced today that it has served BSI Bank Limited (BSI Bank) notice of intention to withdraw its status as a merchant bank in Singapore for serious breaches of anti-money laundering requirements, poor management ...
Arrests And Prosecutions Reveal Big Vagaries In Bitcoin Selling Regulations
May 23rd, 2016
U.S. laws governing bitcoin trading are vague and sometimes lead to complicated law enforcement actions, according to an article in Fast Company magazine. Anti-money laundering laws require exchanges to verify customers’ identities, but what constitutes an exchange can sometimes be unclear. ...
EU Lays Down the Law on Tax Deals as Apple Probe Continues
May 20th, 2016
EU regulator clarifies rules for profit-shifting arrangements Transactions between units should be at market prices The European Union, locked in a tax battle with the likes of Apple Inc. and McDonald’s Corp., laid down the law in its bid ...
New York attorney receives 5 years’ imprisonment for Ponzi scheme
May 20th, 2016
‘I don’t want anyone here to think that lawyers are like this. It’s just me.’ A former Skaddens attorney was sentenced to five years in prison yesterday after operating a Ponzi scheme which defrauded around 30 of his friends ...
ASIC: Credit Suisse Equities paid a $74,000 penalty
May 20th, 2016
Credit Suisse Equities (Australia) Limited (“Credit Suisse”) has paid a penalty of $74,000 to comply with an infringement notice given to it by the Markets Disciplinary Panel (“MDP”). The MDP had reasonable grounds to believe that Credit Suisse contravened ...
FMA ordered foreign exchange educator to change its marketing materials
May 20th, 2016
The Financial Markets Authority (FMA) has ordered a foreign exchange educator to change its marketing materials on the basis that they were misleading or deceptive, and it had made unsubstantiated statements about its services. Cambrian Corporation Limited (Cambrian) offers ...
Former KPMG partners arrested in ‘publicity stunt’, court told
May 19th, 2016
An investigation into suspected tax evasion targeted four former partners at Belfast accountancy firm KPMG in a publicity stunt, the High Court heard. HM Revenue and Customs misled judges into granting warrants to search the executives’ homes and offices ...
International law firm opens office in Taipei to serve the growing demand in Taiwan
May 19th, 2016
International law firm Vinson & Elkins LLP announced the opening of an office in Taipei, to serve the growing demand of the firm’s clientele in Taiwan and the Asia Pacific. V&E partners David Tsai and Christopher Kao will oversee ...
The Endgame
May 18th, 2016
And how we got here There is a growing fear in financial and monetary circles that there is something deeply wrong with the global economy. Publicly, officials and practitioners alike have become confused by policy failures, and privately, occasionally ...
Nokia phones are back
May 18th, 2016
Nokia is coming back to phones and tablets The brand will be revived through new licensing agreement With Microsoft’s epic mishandling of Nokia’s mobile business coming to an end today, a new chapter for the storied Finnish brand is about ...
