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11 April 2025

US: Trump Treasury Pulls Back on Small Business Ownership Reporting

Farmers, ranchers, and other small businesses can breathe a sigh of relief: they no longer have to file ‘beneficial ownership information’ with the Treasury Department’s Financial Crimes Enforcement

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11 April 2025

WEALTH TAX: Global survey by STEP reveals shifting tax priorities

STEP has launched a report Attitudes to Wealth – a survey capturing the insights of global clients’ attitudes to wealth and tax from more than 900 private client advisors across 86 countries. This

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11 April 2025

HONG KONG: US considers bill calling for review of Hong Kong’s money laundering risk

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11 April 2025

WEALTH TAX: New version of the Global Wealth Tax Simulator released at international Taxing Billionaires’ Conference

Under Brazil’s 2024 G20 presidency, the idea of taxing the ultra-rich gained unprecedented momentum, reflecting a major shift in public and political will. At the Taxing Billionaires’ conference*

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11 April 2025

NEW ZEALAND: Government to wind down Green Investment Finance

The Government has announced the New Zealand Green Investment Finance (NZGIF) will stop making new investments and will wind down its existing portfolio, Climate Change Minister Simon Watts says. “Almost

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11 April 2025

US: US President Donald Trump Signs First Crypto-Related Bill Into Law

US President Donald Trump has signed a joint resolution that will repeal an IRS rule affecting decentralized finance (DeFi) platforms. This legislation, which has passed through both the Senate and

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11 April 2025

AFRICA: Kenya launches green finance tools to promote sustainable economy

The Central Bank of Kenya (CBK) has finalised a taxonomy and a climate risk disclosure framework as part of suite of green finance tools for the banking sector to promote more sustainable investments

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11 April 2025

US: SEC publishes disclosure guidance for crypto issuers

Yesterday the US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) published guidance on the application of disclosure requirements to crypto-asset securities issuances. It acknowledged that this is an interim

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11 April 2025

CLIMATE FINANCE: ESG Finance at Crossroads as Political Pressures Mount

Industry faces opposing forces with President Trump’s return driving US backlash while European investors maintain commitment to sustainable principlesThe ESG investment sector is experiencing

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4 April 2025

US: Trump’s antitrust agency chief blasts EU digital rules as ‘taxes on American firms’

One of Donald Trump’s chief antitrust enforcers unleashed a blistering attack on the European Union’s flagship law that regulates big tech firms, in the latest war of words ahead of the

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