The Norwegian Ministry of Foreign Affairs is a major player in the fight against tax havens. It is a major funder of the Task Force
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Salvaging bits from the wreckage
There were some useful bits in Alistair Darling’s Mansion House speech yesterday: The first lesson is that transparency is paramount. To promote greater transparency, accounting
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Casino banking must go
Mervyn King was right last night when speaking at the Lord Mayor’s banquet: If some banks are thought to be too big to fail, then,
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Bring back Simon Caulkin
Many will know I’m a big fan of management writer Simon Caulkin who had a column in the Observer for the last sixteen years. Until
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Bolivia should call in Global Witness
As the Guardian notes: Half the world’s reserves of lithium, the metallic element used to make batteries in electric cars, are believed to be in
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Tax avoidance is wrong – and now we know it
The Telegraph has reported that Treasury Minister Kitty Ussher MP: told the tax authorities that her Burnley home was her “principal residence” for a single
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US asks for corporate transparency
On Thursday, June 18th the US Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee will hold a hearing on the Incorporation Transparency and Law Enforcement Assistance
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Country-by-country reporting – a new report
The Task Force on Financial Integrity and Economic Development has just published a new report on country-by-country reporting. Available for free download, the report details
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