Dual contracts were often used by the City for their non-UK domiciled individuals. These people had two contracts issued to them: one in the UK
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The FT has reported that World Bank President: Paul Wolfowitz’s handling of a secondment deal for his girlfriend Shaha Riza broke the World Bank’s code
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According to Transparency International’s Bribery Perceptions Index the Swiss are the least likely to bribe in the world. According to their Corruption Perception Index the
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The FT notes this morning that: Between January 1 and April 20 of this year, the New York Stock Exchange referred 45 potential instances of
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In the 1980s I was a volunteer for Oxfam. At the time I remember discussing the role an accountant could play in campaigning on development
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Barclays ‘Head of Wealth Operations’ has been writing to his customers…. To tell them that running an offshore bank account may not always have been
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The Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative is a great idea, in theory. But as I’ve also said for some time there are flaws in it.I highlighted
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If you have any doubt just read this about Zurich Financial Services in the FT. As the FT noted: Many mutual funds prohibit rapid turnover
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We have often said that the UK is not just an offshore financial centre (and now an IMF study agrees). We’ve also said it’s a
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