Switzerland
Tax & Regulation | 11 Oct 13
swiss to start talks on revised savings tax deal
The Swiss government has signalled that it is close to starting a renegotiation of its savings tax agreement with the European Union and also indicated a more open stance to wider cooperation on tax matters with the rest of the world.
North America | 10 Sep 13
switzerland inches closer to fatca deal
Switzerland moved a step closer on Monday to providing bank data to the American tax authorities, after the Swiss House of Representatives voted in favour of allowing Swiss banks to comply with the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.
switzerlands unigestion gets singapore
Unigestion, a Geneva-based institutional asset manager with more than $13bn in assets under management, has received a capital markets services licence from the Singaporean regulator, as it moves to expand its presence in Asia.
swiss lawmakers reject bill to weaken
By a two-to-one margin, Switzerland's lower house of Parliament voted late on Wednesday to reject a draft law that would have allowed the country's banks to pass depositors' information to US authorities.
swiss reach agreement on way for its banks
The Swiss government said today that it had reached agreement on proposed legislation that would enable the country’s banks to comply with requests by US authorities for information in connection with their tax evasion investigations.