04/06/2017
Google slugged in $3 billion ATO crackdown
The Australian people expect all corporations to pay the right amount of tax and this includes multinational companies.
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04/06/2017
‘Bad Bank Loans’ Drop Below $1bn
Explaining that the Central Bank’s report was based on the data it received from the banks
04/06/2017
Swiss Bank Secrecy Their Lips Say Yes, But Their Eyes Say No
Having played a role in prying open Switzerland’s vaunted secrecy regime, and in helping bring about an end to traditional notions of Swiss banking secrecy.
04/05/2017
Cayman Islands: A Year in Review: Cayman Finance
Cayman was able to demonstrate to the British government that its system for collecting and sharing beneficial information, via a non-public central platform
04/02/2017
Gibraltar 'not for sale', Boris Johnson declares as Tories hit back over 'Spanish land grab'
The peninsula has been out of Spanish control for more than 300 years but the country continues to insist it should be returned.
03/31/2017
Vistra Announces that Samantha Garrett has Achieved a CISI Risk and Compliance Award
This is certainly true of our Award winners, and we would like to congratulate them all on their success.
03/30/2017
A new future for international finance centres
Offshore finance centres will need to meet this new challenge in order to survive.
03/30/2017
Report says Brexit could make relations with UK awkward
The UK Government must represent the Crown Dependencies.
03/30/2017
Offshore Deal Flow Falls in 2016 Amid Political Turbulence
Hong Kong recorded 555 deals, a slight increase over the 545 seen in 2015, while the BVI recorded 516 deals, up from the 406 seen the previous year.
03/30/2017
Funding released for Jersey financial services review
The political landscape as the driving factors behind the decision to refresh the island’s financial services strategy.
03/30/2017
General Data Protection Regulation in Jersey
The hefty fines underline the seriousness of the reforms.
03/30/2017
Cayman Islands: A Domicile of Choice for Private Equity Fund
The Cayman Islands, as a premier international financial centre, excel at all of these criteria and has developed into a globally recognised centre of excellence
03/29/2017
Cayman retains Moody’s credit ratings
Moody’s reported that Cayman’s GDP per capita is among the highest estimated at US$57,936 for 2017.
03/29/2017
Shortlist announced for 2017 Jersey Director Awards
The winners of the 2017 Jersey Director of the Year Awards will be announced at an awards dinner on Friday 28 April at the Hotel de France.
03/28/2017
FPI up for sale with Utmost Wealth in the running
Friends Provident International is up for sale with Utmost Wealth Solutions as the most likely buyer.
03/28/2017
Meet The Caribbean’s Only Billionaires
He also runs and owns most of Trendy International, a popular apparel company with brands that include Ochirly and Five Plus.
03/28/2017
Oxfam attacks banks’ offshore profits
And it claimed Bermuda as the home of nearly $591 million in profits for the Euro top 20 in 2015
03/28/2017
Government pensions liability grows again
The government’s pension evaluation for 2014 noted this prediction about the state of public pension funds in Cayman
03/27/2017
Europe's top banks relying heavily on stashing profits offshore in tax havens to save cash
Because profits are taxed in the country where they are earned, this allows them to keep their bills down and dole more money out to bosses and shareholders.
03/27/2017
BEHIND THE HEADLINES: Trouble brewing for offshore sector
That’s an unfathomable fact of life for an area that, in the words of Arthur was the “fastest growing new sector since Independence that has added the greatest to Barbadian prosperity”.