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Weekly Roundup: HSBC Contemplates U.S. Relocation, U.N. Defendants Plead Not Guilty, and More
printHSBC is considering moving its headquarters from London to the United States, and American oversight of the bank under a 2012 deferred prosecution agreement may inform the decision. The deal could prove a deterrent, according to Reuters, but a source told the Financial Times that the U.S. Justice Department would not be pleased if the bank chose instead to move to Asia. More and More In a report, anti-graft advocate Transparency International said that the United Kingdom's policy of fast-tracking visas for wealthy foreigners who agree to invest in the country could have been used to launder illicit gains from...
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