March 4, 2016 - UBS French unit faces witness-tampering probe
UBS said that a judge in France had decided to put the bank under “formal examination” for potentially interfering with a witness but not for “moral harassment,
March 4, 2016 - UBS French unit faces witness-tampering probe
UBS said that a judge in France had decided to put the bank under “formal examination” for potentially interfering with a witness but not for “moral harassment,
March 3, 2016 - France probes UBS subsidiary for alleged witness intimidation
The French subsidiary of Swiss banking giant UBS is being investigated for alleged witness intimidation, according to a source close to the case.
March 3, 2016 - France probes UBS subsidiary for alleged witness intimidation
UBS France is suspected of trying to silence a whistle-blower who was behind revelations of alleged tax fraud by the bank, the source said.
March 2, 2016 - Credit Suisse Dragged Into Geneva Fight Over Lost Client Cash
Credit Suisse Group AG has been dragged into a second criminal complaint brought by two Russian clients who claim that a former manager in the bank’s wealth man
March 1, 2016 - Singapore trust levels very high: UBS
UBS is also the largest private bank in Asia, and Hong Kong and Singapore are the top two booking centres for UBS Wealth Management in the region.
February 26, 2016 - Coutts hit with £75m tax evasion penalties
The largest of the two penalties saw the 300-year old bank pay out $78.5 million (£56 million) to US prosecutors after it admitted assisting US clients to conce
February 26, 2016 - UBS investigated for tax fraud and money laundering in Belgium
The prosecutors' statement said the judicial investigation came after "excellent" help from French authorities, who had been looking at allegations that UBS had
February 26, 2016 - Swiss bank UBS charged with 'serious' fiscal fraud in Belgium
Belgium on Friday (Feb 26) charged Swiss banking giant UBS with "serious and organised" fiscal fraud for encouraging clients to cheat on their taxes, as well as
February 24, 2016 - UBS to 'Respond' as 5-Year French Tax Investigation Ends -
As the probe ends, prosecutor’s office will file its comments in the next 3 months, following which the investigating judges will take a decision whether the ba
February 22, 2016 - ED directs 7 individuals to disclose details of local and offshore accounts & assets
Last week, at least seven individuals with HSBC accounts have received letters
from the Enforcement Directorate (ED), directing them to disclose details of al
February 16, 2016 - Comment: Privacy v transparency - Withers' Noseda on incoming OECD tax rules opening a new battle front
The Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) is currently engaged in the implementation of a new international standard for the automatic e
February 16, 2016 - Why a Hong Kong tax compliance act may be closer than you think
Why do I claim the Fatca is coming to Hong Kong? Academics have intensively studied “institutional isomorphism” between countries. The fancy name basically refe
February 10, 2016 - Credit Suisse boss says European banking panic is overdone
“The banking system in general is much stronger than in 2008, 2009 [but] there are a lot of memories of that period,” Thiam told the Financial Times (£). “Some
February 8, 2016 - Record number of Americans dump U.S. passports
Some wealthy Americans who are renouncing their citizenship may end up paying lower taxes in the future. But it's illegal to give up U.S. status to dodge paying