Managers of Wealth Offshore

Monterey Insight funds review - Jersey

Among legal advisers, Mourant Ozannes remain in top spot

Monterey Insight funds review - Guernsey

Among legal advisers, Carey Olsen offered legal advice to 724 funds

Securities Investments Reach Record High

The Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands and Bermuda recorded 23 percent, 42.1 percent and 49.1 percent increases to their market value respectively.

Review of Jersey’s competition and regulatory framework

A report has been published following an independent review of Jersey’s competition and regulatory framework.

Your Property Tax: Dubai cheaper than London, Mumbai, Hong Kong

Tax at 3.6% of property price over five-year period

Jersey’s credit rating reaffirmed

The AA+ credit rating was first assigned in November 2013 in order that the States was able to proceed with the £250 million bond earmarked to provide investment in affordable housing over the next 10 years.

The offshore financial industry shows resilience as demand stays robust

The high level of secrecy it provides is sometimes seen as helping to hide wealth from spouses or business partners and to launder illicit money.

Belize offers ‘best value in Caribbean and Central America’

Despite increased media attention, Belize remains as perhaps the best kept secret in the Caribbean real estate market.

The Benefits Of Establishing An Offshore Presence

At some point in a company's life cycle may surface the curiosity whether the company, its subsidiary or any of its assets should be offshore.

Mourant Ozannes welcomes upbeat funds news with increased expertise

The climate for new hedge fund launches remains upbeat and confidence has improved over the summer as we continue to see a steady stream of instructions from both new and existing clients

Is A Baha Mar Takeover In The Works?

Last month the Bahamas Supreme Court approved a request from EXIM, Baha Mar’s primary financier, to appoint Deloitte and Touche as the project’s receiver.

Ultra Wealthy Buyers Seek Non-Traditional Homes Abroad, New Study Shows

Wealth-X has identified more than 211,000 ultra high net worth individuals globally – defined as those with US$30 million and above in net assets – and 79% of them own two or more residences.

Shift in European fund managers’ attitudes towards AIFMD

The attitudes of fund managers in Europe towards the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive are continuing to evolve as managers increasingly get to grip with risk management and reporting

Bermuda Trust Industry Experts Head to Asia Conference

During the two-day conference itself, the BDA booth saw a lot of traffic.

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

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.

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.

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

‘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.

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.

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