10/05/2015
Asset managers face tax crackdown
Asset Management 2020 and beyond: Transforming your business for a new global tax world
Comment, Analysis & Research
10/04/2015
WEF Confirms Malta Amongst Top 20 Financial Services Jurisdictions
Malta has maintained its position amongst the best ranked twenty countries in terms of the soundness of its banks and the strength of auditing standards and reporting standards.
10/04/2015
Challenging Complacency - Why we need an economic challenger by Justin Urquhart Stewart
Most of our daily press does have a certain right wing bias, with some being quite blatant and others somewhat more subtle.
10/02/2015
Ultra Wealthy Buying Homes Globally for Investment Diversification, Gain Citizenship
According to a study by Wealth-X and the Sotheby's International Realty, a growing number of ultra-high net worth individuals view homes as 'opportunity gateways
10/01/2015
Bermuda Insurance Update Q3
In Q3 2015, we saw continuation of the strong industry trends that the Bermuda insurance market has been driving in recent years.
10/01/2015
Dammit, Janet by Tim Price
According to Einstein, time is affected by gravity. Clocks far from strong gravitational fields run more quickly; those close by run more slowly.
10/01/2015
Rathbones - 2015 4th quarter - key themes
Active investment well-suited to volatile markets
10/01/2015
There May be Trouble Ahead by Toby Birch
To be fair they have history on their side. The most spectacular gains tend to come in short bursts,
09/30/2015
US$7.6tn hidden in tax havens - almost half annual US GDP
Oxfam in a report published last January said that in 2013 the number of billionaires holding the same amount of wealth as the bottom 50% of the global population of 7bn was at 92.
09/30/2015
Cayman Islands rises in global financial center index
The Cayman Islands attained a global average score of 660, well up from 633 in the previous index, GFCI 17.
09/30/2015
New SwissLeaks analysis reveals how tax haven secrecy harms developing countries
The SwissLeaks scandal involves thousands of secret accounts at HSBC’s Swiss subsidiary HSBC Private Bank (Suisse), and the billions of euros held in them over a five-month period in 2006/2007.
09/29/2015
Eight percent of the world’s wealth might be hidden in tax havens
One major problem is that not all offshoring is illegal
09/29/2015
Is Wealth Inequality Hidden in Tax Havens? Piketty’s Co-Author Thinks So
The idea of stashing money in a Swiss bank account or some Caribbean island sounds a bit antiquated—the act of a 1960s James Bond villain.
09/28/2015
Cayman Islands top offshore centre in latest GFCI Index
Other jurisdictions of note that are offshore competitors to the Channel Islands (or fall under the loose 'midshore' category) rated as follows: Luxembourg (19), Bermuda (42), Dublin (46), Panama (52), Gibraltar (56), Isle of Man (58) and Maurit
09/24/2015
Investments Minister: Bahamas ‘In A Mess By Many Measures’
The Bahamas has, for lack of a better word, been a one-trick pony.
09/23/2015
This is the TOP DESTINATION for expats globally
The Expat Explorer country league table, commissioned by HSBC Expat and now in its eighth year, asked expats (anyone who is no longer living in their country of origin) questions about their career, the health of their family and their quality of life in
09/22/2015
Squashed by Tim Price
Today’s investors are not exactly a lucky generation.
09/22/2015
St. James's Place Market Bulletin - Playing safe
The most important event of the week was, in fact, a non-event – the US Federal Reserve chose not to raise interest rates. The downbeat comments which accompanied the news prompted some rotation out of equities and into bonds.
09/21/2015
OECD launches report on greater co-operation and information sharing between government agencies to counter financial crimes
Vast amounts are lost to illicit financial flows, including tax evasion, money laundering, bribery and corruption.
09/21/2015
Minitrue: Li Ka-shing Leaving Mainland
The name of the issuing body has been omitted to protect the source.