‘Opportunities for In-House Training’ – a personal note from Richard Barr

November is already here – 2015 is beginning to run down. Before we know it December will be upon us.

I have two simple questions for you.

• Did you achieve all you set out to do in 2015?
• Do you still have budget left for 2015 training?

There is still time to reach those corporate and personal goals and targets before the year draws to a close.

Citadel Advantage provides a full range of specialist training courses covering Operations Risk, Business Continuity, International Trade Finance, Securities Settlement as well as International and Domestic Payment Systems.

All our training programs are also available for In-House delivery.

While the benefits of in-house training are obvious all too few of us ever explore that option. I would like to extend a personal invitation to you to discuss our various in-house training options.

In-house courses and workshops can be customized to ensure that they meet your unique needs.

Your staff is your greatest asset. In-house training allows you to minimize costs while increasing its effectiveness and impact on your staff. If you thought in-house training was just for the other guy or that your institution was too small, think again! We'll come to you, wherever and whenever you need.

Your team needs training. Why not hold a private course? You will find that our programs exceptionally cost effective - and what could be more important in these financial times. In-house training makes more than common sense, it makes economic sense. All our public courses are available as in-house courses. For a full range of what we offer please see our course catalogue by clicking HERE.


Additionally we are also able to tailor our courses to your company's / bank's specific requirements. We'll work with you to develop either a one-time or a long-term training program.

For a detailed needs analysis and quotation, please call me on:

• Asia Pacific: +852 8175 7916

• Europe: +44 20 7193 5913

• North America: +1 408 627 7607

OR e-mail me today at: richard@citadeladvantage.com

Sincerely
Richard Barr
Principal Associate

US Ranks as Top Tax Haven, Refusing to Share Tax Data despite FATCA

From Forbes – 


“Over the last seven years, America has flexed its muscles at tax havens everywhere. With Schwarzenegger-like bulk, the U.S. has crushed Swiss banks and rooted out U.S. account holders worldwide. With its ambitious FATCA undertaking, the U.S. has cowed the world into submission. making foreign banks and foreign governments hand over what would be secret bank data about depositors.

Yet ironically, a new report by the Tax Justice Network says that the U.S. doesn’t practice what it preaches. Indeed, the report ranks America as one of the worst. How bad? Worse than the Cayman Islands. The report claims that America has refused to participate in the OECD’s global automatic information exchange for bank data. The OECD has been designing and implementing the system to target tax evasion. Given the IRS fixation on that topic, you might think that the U.S. would join in.”

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