Is post-Brexit Britain the next tax haven?
The OECD’s head of tax has warned that the UK could be even more aggressive in its post-Brexit tax offering, as chancellor George Osborne announces plans for further cuts to corporation tax.
The OECD’s head of tax has warned that the UK could be even more aggressive in its post-Brexit tax offering, as chancellor George Osborne announces plans for further cuts to corporation tax.
The prime minister of Samoa, Tuilaepa Aiono Sailele Malielegaoi, has defended his country’s role as an offshore tax haven, claiming the ravages of climate change have left the Pacific island nation increasingly reliant on the revenue it brings.
With UK chancellor George Osborne having abandoned his plans to generate a budget surplus by 2020 following Brexit, AJ Bell senior analyst Tom Selby gives his odds on whether HM Treasury will adopt any of the six radical money saving options available to them and if the Pensions Bill will be delayed.
The Isle of Man has slashed its probate charges for non-resident applications where the only asset is a life assurance policy issued by one of the island’s insurance companies.
A UK advisory firm must compensate a client it advised to give up a guaranteed cash sum and annuity rate to invest in illiquid storage units, the Financial Ombudsman Service (FOS) has ruled.
A bill to replace the Cayman Island’s controversial ‘secrecy law’, which would remove criminal sanctions for the unlawful disclosure of information, has been submitted to the jurisdiction’s legislative assembly.
An Australian financial planner is suing his former employer Westpac Institutional Bank for A$800,000 ($591,704, £444,479) on the grounds that his colleagues gave him bad advice about investing in structured financial products.
UK-headquartered AES International, which provides financial advice to expats across the Middle East, has opened a new office in the Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) after gaining a licence from the Dubai Financial Services Authority (DFSA).
As banking stocks plummeted on Friday morning, Bank of England governor Mark Carney sought to remind the market that they are in good health and reassure investors the BoE stands ready to do whatever is needed.
A former Credit Suisse banker, who has been on the run for five years, pleaded guilty in a US federal court on Wednesday to helping Americans evade paying tax.
The Australian Securities & Investments Commission (Asic) has commenced proceedings against Macquarie Investment Management relating to a A$30m (£15.3m, $22.4m, €19.9m) investment in a Cayman Islands-based fund.
The US Securities and Exchange Commission said it has obtained a court order freezing the assets of an investment adviser charged with secretly siphoning millions of dollars from professional sports stars in an alleged Ponzi scheme.