LONDON: Britain’s financial regulator admitted on Tuesday (Wednesday in Manila) that it had no knowledge of an investigation by tax authorities into allegations that banking giant HSBC helped wealthy customers dodge millions of dollars in taxes.
Martin Wheatley, chief executive of the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA), said it did not know about the claims regarding the London-based bank’s Swiss division before they emerged in a cache of secret files published this weekend.
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