Managers of Wealth Offshore

PwC questions asset managers’ response to tech fears

Gathering the responses from 189 chief executives at fund groups in 39 countries, 90 per cent say they are “confident” or “very confident” about revenue growth for the year ahead

Global Pension Assets Study 2016

Pension assets relative to GDP reached 80% in 2015, which represents a decrease of 4% from the 2014 ratio of 84% The largest pension markets are the US, UK and Japan with 62%, 9% and 8% of total pension assets in the study, respectively

Figures reveal sustained interest in Jersey for relocating businesses and individuals

Locate Jersey, the team responsible for inward investment and high value residency within the Economic Development, Tourism, Sport and Culture Department, has released figures for 2015 which show sustained interest in the number of businesses and high net

Mega-yacht owner plans reef restoration

The company did not reveal the cost of the remediation plan or how it would be funded.

Islamic finance continues to grow in the British Virgin Islands

BVI companies are commonly used as holding companies for cross-border investments into many developing markets, including those where Islamic financing is increasingly popular.

Shaking Up Global Finance

Online investment platform Bnk To The Future uses bitcoin to do business differently

ARC Charity Indices Results & Commentary

"I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be" - Douglas Adams, The Long Dark Tea-Time of the Soul

Time to quit Wall Street for a job in the Caribbean? South America?

Want a job in the Caribbean or somewhere else with a warm climate?

How and Why To Move Your Assets Offshore Before the Financial Collapse

TDV Offshore has a significant service to tell you about.

Well you really could not make it up! by Justin Urquhart Stewart

Life in the Oil Vortex

Strong long-term outlook for employment and profitability in Jersey’s finance industry

Business activity was also strongly positive, up 31% on the previous quarter and returning to a level similar to that seen during the first six months of last year.

Swiss-US tax evasion saga: where are we now?

The Swiss Bank Program was agreed in August, 2013, following intense diplomatic negotiations between the two countries.

Are firms with offshore headquarters worth more?

No, write Art Durnev, Tiemei Li and Michel Magnan; but onshore firms are valued higher if they have offshore subsidiaries

Bermuda (Re)Insurance M&A Likely to Persist as Market Softens - RESEARCH

"Organic growth options are limited and scale and diversification are driving a rapid pace of M&A activity for Bermuda insurers and Fitch expects industry consolidation to continue," said Brian Schneider, Senior Director, Fitch.

Bahamian Banks In Correspondent Hit

Correspondent banks are those that allow Bahamian financial institutions to provide services in their home countries, using their physical and electronic banking.

Private Equity And Hedge Funds Saw Global AUM Hit $7.4 Trillion

Private equity funds distributed a record US$475 billion back to investors in 2014, and returned a further US$189 billion in the first half of 2015.

Bahamas Told: ‘Dig A Well Before You Become Thirsty’

Such comments do not bode well for the Bahamas or other IFCs, and Dr Mansharamani backed this nation’s strategy of seeking out new financial services markets.

Millennials and their employers: Can this relationship be saved?

Business as a force for good. Millennials continue to hold business in high regard; three-quarters (73 percent) maintain that it has a positive impact on wider society.

Oil a load of nonsense by Tim Price

Who’s afraid of cheap oil ?” asks ‘The Economist’ on its front page this week. Judging by the last fortnight in the stock market, just about everybody is.

Logic on fire by Penny Lovell

Mark Carney has this week yet again postponed the likelihood of an interest rate rise, due to the turmoil in the global economy and weaker UK growth.

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