https://www.scmp.com/rss/264913/feed en https://assets.i-scmp.com/static/img/icons/scmp-meta-1200x630.png https://www.scmp.com Eight months ago, Sanzar, the body operating Super Rugby, formally approved franchises for Japan and Argentina to complete a Super 18 for the 2016 season. That paved the way for the new enterprises to start contracting players and staff, but six months away from the new season, the Tokyo-based mob has apparently signed just two players of the 25 or so required. The alarm bells are ringing, and rightly so. Last November, Sanzar chief executive Greg Peters, who recently stepped down from this... https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/article/1849795/left-field-all-makings-super-flop-new-franchise-looks-destined-failure?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/sport/rugby/article/1849795/left-field-all-makings-super-flop-new-franchise-looks-destined-failure?utm_source=rss_feed Sat, 15 Aug 2015 13:30:45 +0000 A New York hedge fund manager allegedly swindles US$12 million from a prominent Baltimore family. A couple in the state of Indiana is accused of cheating hundreds of customers by charging for free trials of cosmetic products. A financial manager in Texas promises 23 per cent returns but absconds with US$33.5 million of investors' money. All three American cases have one thing in common: money ending up in offshore accounts and trusts set up in tax havens. The existence of the trusts surfaced... https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1210151/how-offshore-havens-let-financial-schemers-hide-their-gains?utm_source=rss_feed https://www.scmp.com/news/world/article/1210151/how-offshore-havens-let-financial-schemers-hide-their-gains?utm_source=rss_feed Mon, 08 Apr 2013 16:00:00 +0000