Sovereign wealth: secrecy, offshore and a loss of transparency
Friday, February 22nd, 2008A year ago the FT reported the strange story of Jersey’s investigation of BAe corruption, where at least they went a bit further than the
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Singing from the same hymn sheet
Friday, February 22nd, 2008The world is beginning to unite behind The Tax Justice Network’s themes: Freer, more open and better integrated financial markets have benefited people and companies
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Northern Rock: Why Granite must be nationalised
Wednesday, February 20th, 2008Following on from the debate in Parliament last night, in which John McDonnell MP rightly raised concerns expressed on this blog about Granite and Northern
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The rogue's gallery
Thursday, February 7th, 2008Tax-news.com has reported: Jersey has been recommended as one of the top three global financial centres by leading advisers and wealth managers in research conducted
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Guernsey: why has there been no investigation of its rampant money laundering?
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008There was an article on Mondaq.com a few days ago entitled Guernsey – A World Class International Finance Centre. You have to take this seriously:
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Singing from the same hymn sheet
Saturday, January 26th, 2008The world is beginning to unite behind The Tax Justice Network’s themes: Freer, more open and better integrated financial markets have benefited people and companies
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Jersey: Heads in the sand
Wednesday, January 23rd, 2008The Jersey Evening Post published this yesterday (no sustainable link): FINANCE experts were this morning telling Islanders not to panic amid reports of plummeting share
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Ireland's rich flee to tax havens
Monday, January 21st, 2008It’s a curious fact that being a tax haven is becoming counter productive. Ireland is a tax haven. It pioneered ring fences in the Shannon
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Guernsey: Baracking for Hilary
Sunday, January 20th, 2008There’s one thing you cannot accuse the Channel Island’s of: they do not lack self interest. Take this from ‘This is Guernsey’ in a discussion
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