Managers of Wealth Offshore

Reflection and inflection: the past and present of regulatory change

For the financial industry and for regulation, the past 10 years have been similar to changing the tyres on a moving car.

Burt: Bermuda primed to deal with Brexit

This Bill will ensure that Bermuda is ready and able to adjust, whatever continues to be decided in this transition period, and will provide the framework for our continued responsiveness to this change in this relationship between the UK and the EU.

The 2020 global wealth outlook

New Wealth-X Report Reveals Significant Growth Among Those with $5 to $30 million in Net Worth.

Guernsey demonstrates agility and innovation in ILS market

Guernsey’s insurance industry has quickly built a strong position in the global ILS market and particularly thrives on its long-held reputation for agility and innovation.

Opposition: Cayman needs to fight blacklist

Cayman is the only British Overseas Territory to face blacklisting.

Why the BVI means business

The jurisdiction is also world-renowned for its skill in preserving wealth and supporting with effective succession planning.

Barbados PM wants new CDB strategy

The Prime Minister said Barbados had benefited from almost $1 billion in development capital over the last 50 years from the bank.

What does Brexit mean for the Qrops overseas transfer charge?

Just one of thousands of details that need to be clarified

The emerging Chinese market - an opportunity for international investors

On the negative side, private debt has been cheap for a number of years now, which makes PE a less attractive (or necessary) option for some investors and investee companies.

ECCB Governor wants countries with CBI programmes to unite

Anthony noted that the CBI programmes are important to countries in the region and a main source of foreign direct investment.

Record year for Guernsey property market

The report also showed that 8.6% of residential properties sold in the fourth quarter of 2019 had been built within the previous three years, meeting increased demand.

Unexplained Wealth Orders: Will Zamira Hajiyeva’s appeal open the floodgates?

John Binns, partner in the Financial Crime team at BCL Solicitors, discusses the implications of the appeal against Unexplained Wealth Orders (UWO)

Coutts Investment Outlook 2020

We are always looking beyond short-term horizons to the long-term challenges that will shape our investment strategy and our future.

BVI's tax authority understaffed after recruitment failure

The authority is responsible for responding to tax information requests from foreign revenue-collection authorities.

CSSF launches annual online AML/CFT survey

The CSSF has informed professionals under its supervision that the self-assessment survey on the risks to which they are exposed

ADCB to exit its operations in Jersey

The decision will have negligible impact on the bank’s profitability, ADCB said in a statement

Jersey Finance to Celebrate Young Rising Stars with New Industry Awards

Nominations are now open until 6 March for Jersey Finance Member firms to put forward their younger staff members (18-30 years old) for outstanding achievements in their area of work.

Legal Frontiers in the Caymans: Key trends in Asian fund finance

Cayman LLCs are most commonly used as joint venture vehicles, carried interest vehicles, downstream blockers and investment management vehicles.

'Trust Me' - A Lawyer's Guide To: What To Inspect When You Are Expecting ... A Trust

A clear understanding of the trust's assets should also help to ensure the new trustee properly receives and takes control of those assets.

Brexit won't harm long-established ties with Jamaica

On Friday, after 47 years, the UK left the 28-member EU with which, it has often been argued, the UK had never been fully integrated, having not become part of the Euro and the common European visa.

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