Northern Rock: the significance of Granite to the Bank of England
Sunday, November 25th, 2007The Guardian published two stories on Friday concerning the relationship between Northern Rock and its shadow entity, Granite. I’ll be candid, I know the stories
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Isle of Man - what use is a captive press?
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007I have already commented upon the state of the press in Jersey this morning. Let me add further example of the state of the press
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The Walker Code on Private Equity
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The Walker Code on private equity will be published today. I have little to add to the despair I expressed yesterday when learning that Sir
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Northern Rock - what to do with junk equity?
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007There’s much talk in the City of junk bonds, many of them issued by offshore SPVs, SIVs and CDOs. There’s little talk of “junk equity”.
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Jersey: Senator Le Sueur is getting rattled
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The Jersey Evening Post has a four page supplement tonight explaining how the States will deal with the ‘black hole’ arising from the 0 /
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The Isle of Man - $200 billion of tax evaded funds
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007Marty Sullivan has been continuing his work on the UK’s offshore tax havens, this time looking at the Isle of Man. He concludes: At the
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The SEC wants country-by-country reporting
Tuesday, November 20th, 2007The FT reported on Saturday that: Companies doing business in “terrorist-sponsoring states” could once again have their names under scrutiny under a controversial plan being
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Mike Rake - enough to make my heart sink
Monday, November 19th, 2007Accountancy Age has reported that: Sir Mike Rake has been given the high-profile task of policing the new code of conduct for private equity firms
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Tax Justice Network Conference 2008 - Call for Papers
Monday, November 19th, 2007The Tax Justice Network issued the following notice today: Invitation to Participate in a Workshop onTAX JUSTICE, TRANSPARENCY AND ACCOUNTABILITY Essex University, 3 – 4
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