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9 February 2024

UK: HMRC Intensifies Inheritance Tax Investigations Amidst Frozen Threshold Debate

HMRC has intensified investigations into inheritance tax evasion, launching 2,029 inquiries between April and November 2023. The frozen inheritance tax threshold and rising property prices have led

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9 February 2024

AFRICA: Kenyan Banks Disclose Foreign Account Holders’ Information to KRA in Bid for Tax Transparency

In a move towards fiscal transparency, Kenyan banks disclose foreign account holders’ information to the KRA under the Common Reporting Standards (CRS). The initiative aims to curb illicit wealth

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8 February 2024

GREEN FINANCE: Developing nations need $6 trillion by 2030 in climate finance

The president of the next annual UN climate conference, Mukhtar Babayev, stated on Wednesday that developing nations need nearly $6 trillion by 2030 to combat and adjust to climate change. The Azerbaijani

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8 February 2024

UAE: UAE wealth fund said to plan $4-5 bn investments via India’s new finance hub

Abu Dhabi Investment Authority (ADIA), the largest sovereign wealth fund in the United Arab Emirates (UAE), is setting up a $4-5 billion fund to invest in India through a tax-neutral finance hub in

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8 February 2024

US: Treasury rolls out residential real estate transparency rules to combat money laundering

The Biden administration wants to make residential real estate transactions more transparent by unmasking the owners of certain all-cash purchases. It’s part of an ongoing effort to combat money

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8 February 2024

UK: Soaring UK Migration Gives Hunt Up to £18 Billion for Tax Cuts

Soaring migration to the UK could hand Chancellor Jeremy Hunt an £18 billion ($22.7 billion) windfall for tax cuts in next month’s budget by lifting economic growth, according to new analysis. Using

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8 February 2024

Carey Olsen advises Align Partners Capital Management on formation of latest fund

Press Release from: Carey Olsen, Thursday 8 February, 2024.  Carey Olsen Hong Kong has advised on the Cayman Islands legal and regulatory aspects of the formation of Align Partners Korea Fund, Align

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7 February 2024

THAILAND: Crypto trading becomes VAT-free in race for digital

The Finance Ministry has announced the exemption of value-added tax (VAT) on digital asset trading to push Thailand towards becoming a digital asset hub. Paopoom Rojanasakul, secretary to the finance

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7 February 2024

UK: AML compliance failures are rife in the UK

An analysis of more than 1,600 ‘anti-money laundering (AML) events’ recorded across the UK in the last decade shows money laundering is the most prevalent issue (27.5%), a new report has revealed.

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7 February 2024

HEDGE FUNDS: Decline of the star stockpicker: investors pull $150bn from equity hedge funds

One of the oldest and best-known hedge fund strategies has suffered nearly $150bn in client withdrawals over the past five years, as investors tire of their inability to capitalise on bull markets or

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