Financial Transparency Coalition

Every inch of the Elysian, Ireland’s tallest building, is designed to entice viewers to splurge as much as 1.8 million euros ($2.56 million) on an apartment in the 17-story tower. A signature three-bedroom duplex penthouse offers a black-lacquer kitchen with taps designed by Porsche SE and a panoramic view of Cork, Ireland’s second-largest city.

The OECD is working to improve the way the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information evaluates the progress made by countries in implementing the internationally agreed tax standards, Jeffrey Owens, director of the OECD's Centre for Tax Policy and Administration, told Tax Analysts in a June 1 interview.

Embracing populism and criticizing free trade on the campaign trail were the easy part. But now that Barack Obama is negotiating actual trade pacts, he’s learning why this issue has become a third rail for Democratic leaders.

Assets managed in Liechtenstein fell almost a fifth in 2008, hurt by attacks against the principality's banking secrecy and the financial crisis, an official report published Wednesday said.