Tax & Regulation
Third of Australian financial planners to be wiped from sector
New laws and education requirements could see thousands of professionals out of the industry
‘Fraudulent’ financial adviser jailed for eight years
He used £4.5m of his victims’ money to fund an ‘extravagant lifestyle of foreign travel, top hotels and gambling’
HK court orders boiler room fraudsters to reimburse investors
Some 14 investors fell victim to scams by three unlicensed financial services firms
The Netherlands creates its own tax haven blacklist
The list of 21 jurisdictions, 16 more than the EU, includes the Isle of Man, Jersey and Guernsey
Malaysia seeks $7.5bn in 1MDB reparations from Goldman Sachs
Prosecutors filed charges against the US bank in connection with its role in the wealth fund