FT.com / Europe – France stands by use of stolen bank data. France said on Sunday that it had committed no crime in using a
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FT.com / Companies / Financial Services – Icap arm to pay $25m over SEC claims. A US subsidiary of Icap, the UK broker founded and
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ICAS executive director of technical policy, David Wood has added his voice to the campaign by Christian Aid against tax avoidance by companies working in
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FT Alphaville ¬ª Basel blows out DTAs. The Basel committee on banking supervision has ruled deferred tax assets are not part of a bank’s tier
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FT Alphaville ¬ª BofE official calls City’s bluff. A senior Bank of England official said that if some banks moved overseas in response to tougher
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A few weeks ago the Guardian announced a competition. The winner had to offer the best explanation for the complicated structuring of Tony Blair’s financial
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As if to shatter stereotypes I gave an on-line one hour seminar to a group of US anti-money laundering officers and advisers this week, organised
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The following is from the New Economics Foundation report entitled A Bit Rich: Myth: We need to pay high salaries to attract and retain talent
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I mentioned recently I had written an opinion piece for the Isle of Man Examiner. This is now available on line. I note the paper’s
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