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UBS fine for tax evasion slashed to $2bn

Monday 13 December 2021 at 14:13

A French appeals court ordered UBS Group on 13 December to pay around $2bn for helping wealthy clients in France evade taxes, reducing the size of an earlier penalty of around $5bn.

The case has hung over UBS for years. The Swiss banking giant is one of the world’s biggest wealth managers.