Outgoing Treasury Secretary Lew Sticks Up for Financial Stability Council November 18, 2016 By Lisa Lambert U.S. Treasury Secretary Jack Lew on Wednesday offered a heartfelt defense of the Financial Stability Oversight Council made up of...
MetLife Cites Foreign Operations to Claim It’s Not a U.S. Financial Firm August 24, 2015 By Andrew Harris and Ian Katz MetLife Inc.’s fight to free itself from a costly government label is increasingly focusing on a bold argument: The giant...
IRS Scrutiny of Offshore Tax Avoidance Repels Bids for Bermuda Reinsurers May 19, 2015 By Sonali Basak The IRS’s scrutiny of tax avoidance in offshore locations has discouraged bidders from taking over reinsurers, potentially reducing the companies’...
Obama Administration Weighing Options to Curb Corporate Inversions August 6, 2014 By Richard Rubin The U.S. Treasury Department is examining unilateral actions to curb corporate inversions, reversing its position that only Congress has the...