FT.com / UK / Politics & policy – FSA puts down a global marker. The tougher new liquidity rules for banks and investment firms announced
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KPMG and PwC Reykjavik offices are raided by Icelandic police – Telegraph. Police have raided the offices of KPMG and PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) in Reykjavik, seizing
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HMRC faces wall of silence from banks over offshore accounts – Accountancy Age. The Age says: The banks are revolting. For once, this is not
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Bloomberg report: Britain’s financial regulator is demanding information from the country’s biggest banks on how they structure themselves to minimize tax payments and what tax
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Tax Justice Network: Fear, loathing and a reality check in Jersey. A blog worth reading. John Christensen reviews the response to the Jersey Evening Post’s
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This letter was in the Manx Herald. I think it self explanatory. Recently government officials from 24 small nations visited the Isle of Man as
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The G20’s communiqu?© from its Pittsburgh summit on Friday said: We ask the FATF to help detect and deter the proceeds of corruption by prioritizing
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Several sites have reported: BNP Paribas, the biggest banking group in France, is going to shut down offshore branches in tax heaven countries, the Chief
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The British Bankers Association are trying out there one and only negotiating tactic again. Speaking yesterday, and reported in the Guardian, their spokesperson Angela Knight
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