FT.com / Europe – Financial regulation plan faces UK obstacles. The UK and Europe in conflict again. Sometime we’re going to have to accept that
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Investors rebel over Shell executive pay
FT.com / Companies / Energy – Investors rebel over Shell executive pay . A global investor backlash over executive pay escalated on Tuesday when shareholders
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Luxembourg’s Financial Integrity
Luxembourg Institute for Global Financial Integrity: the terrific team for a stillborn initiative : Ethics and governance in the European Financial centers. More comment on
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Isle of Man costs UK at least £1.5 billion a year
IoMtoday, published by the Isle of man press carries the following story: CUSTOMS and Excise bosses have rejected claims that the UK Government is ‘subsidising’
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A reply to Christian Aid in Jersey
It has been drawn to my attention that the chair of Christian Aid in Jersey has resigned, saying: [T]he decision made by Christian Aid UK
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Is there any room for tax planning in my world?
I’ve been asked: In your view, is there any room for legitimate “tax planning”? In a “perfect” world what would the role of the tax
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The Luxembourg Institute for Global Financial Integrity
I blogged on the implausibility of the above new Institute last week. As a consequence I received the following mail from its Chief Executive: Dear
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Cayman stays on the grey list
Cayman had a meeting with the OECD last week in which they tried to get off the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development grey list
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A sense of proportion
The following blog was not written by me. The person who wrote it is known to me. I have every reason to believe all that
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