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4 March 2024

SINGAPORE: Shell companies in S’pore linked to money laundering operation in India

One of India’s law enforcement agencies has uncovered a money laundering operation involving fake invoices issued by purported shell companies in Singapore for software and other services. The Enforcement

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4 March 2024

US: Hedge funds bet on U.S. real estate rebound

Hedge funds piled into long positions on U.S. real estate investment stocks in the week ending Friday, the sixth straight week that these speculators bet on a rebound in commercial and industrial properties,

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4 March 2024

AFRICA: Kenya signs global tax treaty to access secret information

Kenya has signed an international convention that guarantees access to information that would help in fighting tax evasion. Under the terms of the agreement signed last week with the Organisation for

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4 March 2024

US: IRS Chief Exposes $150 Billion Annual Tax Evasion by U.S. Wealthy

The head of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has recently shed light on a staggering financial oversight, revealing that the nation’s wealthiest individuals are bypassing over $150 billion in

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1 March 2024

US: IRS Investigating People Earning Above Certain Threshold

he Internal Revenue Service (IRS) has announced it will crack down on ultra-rich earners who have not filed tax returns in recent years. Starting this week, the government agency will attempt to claw

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1 March 2024

HONG KONG: Hong Kong Unveils Budget Plan for Financial Sector

The Hong Kong government has announced its 2024 budget plan. Initiatives for the financial sector include enhanced preferential tax regimes for family offices. Hong Kong’s 2024-25 budget plan was

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1 March 2024

CAYMAN ISLANDS: Cayman Finance praises ground-breaking use of GitHub for consultation on proposed changes to virtual asset legislation

Press Release from Cayman Finance, Friday 1 March, 2024.  Cayman Finance is praising the Ministry of Financial Services for pioneering a first-of-its-kind legislative consultation process for proposed

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1 March 2024

ASIA: Asia hedge fund launches drop to lowest number in 14 years as China interest wanes

Only 62 new hedge funds launched in Asia last year, the lowest number since 2009 and just 15 were China-focused funds, data provider Preqin said. But Japan-focused funds more than doubled to 19. WHY

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1 March 2024

UK: Complex offshore tax avoidance scheme revealed by HMRC

A complex tax avoidance scheme that moves income offshore has been exposed by HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) today (29 February 2024), with anyone who has joined the arrangement warned to get out of

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29 February 2024

US: US Regulatory Authorities Look to Increase Hedge Funds’ Transparency and Stability

In early February 2024, the Commodities Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) and the Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) announced new disclosure rules. These rules will apply to hedge funds and to

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