11/03/2014
Changing the Perception of Offshore Jurisdictions
The U.S.’s enactment in 2010 of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act , or Fatca, sent a jolt through the offshore industry.
10/31/2014
The international credit rating agency, Standard & Poor's, has assigned Guernsey a high grade AA+ credit rating and has confirmed that the outlook is stable.
10/30/2014
In this section we analyse the findings of our research in greater depth to identify the firms and practitioners who stand out worldwide.
10/30/2014
A huge global pressure to break secrecy veils of Swiss banks notwithstanding, Switzerland remains the world's largest offshore financial centre with client assets totalling over USD two trillion, a new study said today.
10/29/2014
Family offices are increasingly looking beyond traditional trust structures towards more bespoke structures for planning offshore to suit younger and more mobile entrepreneurial families who don’t want to give up control.
10/27/2014
78% of respondents have completed their in-house FATCA classification;
10/24/2014
Head of Boston Family Office Shortlisted for the Power Women Awards
The Power Women awards were introduced by Citywealth to champion women in the wealth sector and highlight the female leaders of today and tomorrow.
10/23/2014
IFLR1000 success for Channel Island law firms
Mourant Ozannes' corporate practice is ranked against competitors in the fields of 'finance and corporate' and 'investment funds'
10/21/2014
The Expat Survey 2014 is now live!
Do you give your life abroad the big thumbs up?
10/20/2014
Why BPES, the next acronym the finance industry will have to worry about, with boost AIFM registrations
Luxembourg is the largest investment fund centre in Europe and the second largest in the world after the US.
10/20/2014
Kinetic Partners, the global professional services firm, has released new research showing that 70 per cent of lawyers polled expect enforcement and compliance to be the most likely cause for litigious action in the financial services industry over the ne
10/16/2014
Launched at a special Crestbridge Forum, attended by over 100 highly influential fund sector specialists in Luxembourg on Thursday 2 October, the IFI Global ‘Impact of AIFMD’ report examined opinions on the impact of the introduction of the Di
10/14/2014
The Number of Ultra High Net Worth Individuals Has Grown
10/14/2014
If the overall rating in the index is higher than the score from survey responses, he wrote, the result reflected a reputational disadvantage. All offshore centers in the ranking suffer from this reputational weakness.
10/07/2014
Estimates by the Economics and Statistics Office for a 1.9 percent growth of the Cayman Islands economy this year are about average in the Caribbean region.
10/06/2014
Having dominated the offshore category in the Global Financial Centres Index for the last seven years, Jersey and Guernsey have tumbled down the offshore rankings in the GCFI 16 (September 2014 edition) - falling to 5th and 7th positions respectively, the
10/01/2014
A man with one watch knows what time it is. A man with two watches can never be sure.
09/24/2014
Guernsey relocations expert wins industry awards
The company, which was founded in Guernsey in 2010 and now works across the Channel Islands, won both the property finder award for its work with private clients and the destination services provider award for services delivered in Guernsey and Jersey on
09/24/2014
Based on the findings of the report, the global gross financial assets of private households grew by 9.9 percent in 2013, the highest rate of growth since 2003.
09/18/2014
The first ever global study of family offices released today
This report provides an analysis and evaluation of the current and prospective outlook of family offices around the world.