The walls aren’t tumbling down yet There’s some more blowing of the trumpets still needed But informed sources tell me Switzerland will be announcing reforms
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UBS: Washington’s Old Friend Becomes New Foe
Who bailed out UBS?
Fascinating story from the Washington Post: NOT NORMALLY a hotbed of anti-Americanism — or of any other political sentiment, for that matter — Switzerland is
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Leeds, Jersey and KPMG
A couple of years ago I highlighted the offshore dimensions of the shenanigans then going on at Leeds United FC. The debacle continues. David Conn
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Swiss banking secrecy is being challenged again
Swiss banking secrecy is being challenged again, this time in the United States.. Quite right too. The argument that it had anything to do with
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Fit and proper persons?
I have an article on Comment is Free at the Guardian today: One of the most basic objectives of regulation in the financial services sector
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The next UK tax amnesty: what to expect
Accountancy Age has been digging about the prospect of another UK tax amnesty. The last only really affected the activities of the UK’s five biggest
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UBS: £37 billion under management in the UK
The Guardian has reported this morning that: The wealth-management arm of UBS, under fire in the United States for its part in a multibillion-dollar tax
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UBS – shouldn’t they be shut down in the UK now as an improper person to offer financial advice?
UBS is a bank now proven to be guilty of systemic fraud. And now the US Department for Justice is suggesting it assisted at least
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