Tag: banking
The other side of Peter Thiel: Clarium Capital
Clarium Capital is an American hedge fund firm co-owned by Peter Thiel and established in 2002. The main objective of Clarium Capital was to...
Jury: Swiss Banker Not Guilty of Aiding Tax Evasion
In a case of long-arm jurisdictional reach criticized by both European government officials and foreign financial industry leaders, a former Swiss banking executive was...
Bank’s Forex Legal Woes Could Hit $5.9 Billion
As first reported a few months ago, U.S. banks are facing investigations by the Department of Justice as well as overseas regulators into allegations...
Digital Investment Banking
A report by GreySpark Partners on digital investment banking and the relevance of single deal platforms analyzes the position of various banking platforms from...
SEC Charges Reg Cap Violations
Americas second largest bank has been charged with violating federal securities laws based on alleged overstatement of regulatory capital. The Securities and Exchange Commission...
Financial and Fund Industry Viewpoint: Interview with Michelle Carroll, Partner, Financial...
In today's still fragile environment of recovering economies and financial markets, it is extremely important for a business world to have a reliable and...
SEC Provides Insights on Areas of Improvement for Private Fund Managers
Recently, Andrew J. Bowden, director of the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commissions (SEC) Office of Compliance Inspections and Examinations (OCIE), shared the SEC staffs...
The OECD
On 13 February 2014, the OECD, at request of the G8 and the G20, released a proposed global standard for the automatic exchange of...
Swiss banking secrecy under pressure from US
For over a century Switzerland has developed its secure banking system around its commitment to privacy protection. Due to banking secrecy and lack of...
Recent Developments in Tax
In the recent years, Switzerland has come under international pressure to move away from its traditions of banking secrecy. The US has made inroads...