11/09/2015
Bermuda Trust Industry Experts Head to Asia Conference
During the two-day conference itself, the BDA booth saw a lot of traffic.
Comment, Analysis & Research
11/08/2015
KPMG: Boards Are Deepening Their Involvement In Strategy, Refining Oversight Of Risk As Global Volatility Rises
Ongoing challenges include linking strategy and risk, and addressing growing cyber security risks
11/06/2015
The mega-haven
This unique index combines a secrecy score with a weighting to create a ranking of the secrecy jurisdictions and countries that most actively promote secrecy in global finance.
11/06/2015
Occasionally Bermuda does lead the world
More than two thirds of the world’s total $25 billion of ILS capacity was issued from Bermuda, according to Bermuda Monetary Authority (BMA) figures.
11/04/2015
HDFC sets up firm to launch offshore realty fund
HDFC Capital Advisors, the new fund management company set up by HDFC, plans to raise offshore fund
11/04/2015
‘New normal’ interest rates fuelling mortgage applications from overseas buyers and expats
“A large proportion of British expats will ultimately return to the UK at some stage and, understandably, would like a home to go back to.
11/04/2015
OECD-UNCTAD report on G20 investment measures
Expressed in numbers, well over 80% of newly-taken measures specific to foreign direct investment were liberalising in nature.
11/03/2015
U.S. Placed Above Cayman Islands in Financial Secrecy Blacklist
Singapore and the Cayman Islands were placed fourth and fifth in the TJN rankings
11/03/2015
Mauritius easiest African country to do business, says World Bank report
The detailed report also includes data on the regulation of labour markets
11/02/2015
Small is beautiful
The United Nations runs a quality of life index, which also takes account of literacy, longevity, infant mortality and the like.
11/02/2015
Comment: Stroke of a pen could create opportunities in Irish financial services
There are over 13,000 people working in the Irish investment funds industry, working on over 13,000 investment funds of which around 6,000 are domiciled in Ireland.
11/01/2015
Bank boardrooms are bereft of technology expertise
Only 6% of board directors and 3% of CEOs of leading banks have professional technology experience;
11/01/2015
How to succeed at digital transformation
Challenges to becoming a customer-focused digital enterprise include digital strategy ownership, organizational readiness, and establishing metrics to measure digital success
10/30/2015
UK-distributed onshore bond sales up 20% in first half 2015
Sales of UK-distributed onshore bonds increased by nearly 20% in the first six months of 2015, according to the recent data from the Association of British Insurers.
10/28/2015
Global Citizenship And The Ultra Wealthy
For UHNW individuals seeking citizenship or visa status in a foreign country, buying a home is often the best route.
10/28/2015
Colin Macleod scoops national IoD award
In total, more than eighty company directors were up for prizes, which were judged by a panel of 33 governance, business and marketing experts from the IoD network across the country.
10/27/2015
Inside the Secretive World of Tax-Avoidance Experts
A sociologist realized that if she were ever going to understand global inequality she would have to become one of the people who helps create it. So she trained to become a wealth manager to the ultra-rich.
10/25/2015
Quinton Trust (Malta) to open at Smart City
Smart City will be a great working environment for our staff and a wonderful location for entertaining visiting clients.
10/23/2015
Cayman welcomes ESMA announcement
ESMA has taken a country-by-country approach to its assessment of third countries rather than assessing them as a single block
10/23/2015
From constraint to opportunity - Paradigm shift as more users see EU regulations in new light
With a rather small population of about 33,000 people on a rather small territory of 2.5 square miles, Gibraltar has managed to built a well diversified financial industry.