Tax & Regulation | 20 Dec 16

Three former directors of a carbon credit scheme have been banned for a total of 44 years after investors in the fraudulent investment lost almost £3m ($3.7m, €3.5m), the UK’s Insolvency Service (IS) has revealed.

North America | 19 Dec 16

Harlequin Property SVG, the land-owning unit behind the £400m ($509m, €454m) overseas property scheme facing ruin, has entered interim receivership while its flagship resort has closed after the electricity was disconnected.

Investment | 19 Dec 16

As 2016 draws to a close money managers will be putting the last of their ducks in a row before everybody takes their eye off the ball for the Christmas holidays, but this year is the right move more obvious than usual?

Europe | 16 Dec 16

Arsenal forward Alexis Sanchez has had his luxury four-bed house seized in Spain amid an ongoing tax investigation, with the Spanish authorities claiming he owes them €3.7m (£3.12m, $3.8m) in unpaid taxes.

Middle East | 16 Dec 16

Major charitable donations among ultra-high net worth (UHNW) individuals rose to an all-time high last year, growing by 3% since 2014, according to a new report by Dubai-based consultancy firm Arton Capital.