07/20/2015
StanChart restructures global business
Africa & Middle East to form part of new regional business structure
Wealth and Asset Management
07/20/2015
It's time to reward the good behaviour within the financial services industry by PwC
In an attempt to change behaviours within the financial services industry, regulators, governments and firms have mostly focused their efforts on deterring the few that might behave inappropriately. Yet the industry continues to be plagued by scandal and
07/20/2015
Investing in the right place by Tim Price
“That men do not learn very much from the lessons of history is the most important of all the lessons of history.” - Aldous Huxley.
07/20/2015
Independent trust compan calls on Jersey trustees to encourage clients to support local charities
Independent trust company is calling on fellow Jersey trust businesses to encourage their clients to support local charities as part of their wealth management strategy.
07/17/2015
What effect the end of banking secrecy?
Ending banking secrecy in Luxembourg on January 1 2015 has had a significant effect.
07/17/2015
Scout, simplicity and the Summer Budget by Penny Lovell
This week has seen the release of Go Set a Watchman, Harper Lee’s much-anticipated sequel to To Kill a Mockingbird.
07/16/2015
Salamanca Group’s boss Martin Bellamy on post-crisis finance, superyachts and opportunities in Cuba
It’s a statement you might expect a finance boss to make without irony
07/15/2015
Summit Trust expands into the Cayman Islands
Summit, was founded in Geneva in 1999 as Close Trustees Switzerland by Daniel Martineau, Stella Mitchell-Voisin and Robin Lee Smith.
07/15/2015
Jersey's Enhance Group to open Asia office
Jersey-based investment and wealth consultancy Enhance Group said it will open a Singapore office to tap into the growth of private wealth across Asia.
07/14/2015
Nautilus calls on Jersey trustees to encourage clients to support local charities
There could be a major impact on Jersey’s charitable sector if locally based trustees encouraged their clients to support a local charity as part of their philanthropic efforts.
07/14/2015
Scotiabank to triple customer base in Panama and Costa Rica through major acquisition
This acquisition is in line with Scotiabank's strategy to increase scale within its footprint and complements its operations in Panama and Costa Rica.
07/13/2015
AGacquisitions Group has launched an offshore fund in the Bahamas
A systematic public market fund, it invests in fixed income securities and index derivatives traded via SGF Nifty in Singapore and SNP500 in the US.
07/12/2015
Want to open an overseas bank account? It's a bit harder than you might expect
The continuing speculation over Greece's possible exit from the Eurozone and the weakening effect this might have on the shared currency in the short-term
07/12/2015
Want to open an overseas bank account? It's a bit harder than you might expect
The continuing speculation over Greece's possible exit from the Eurozone and the weakening effect this might have on the shared currency in the short-term
07/10/2015
New Kleinwort Benson Investors Small Cap Investment Strategy seeded by global Multi-Manager
It is on the back of its research and a programme of back-testing that KBI has introduced a new Small Cap investment strategy, investing across the Developed Markets.
07/08/2015
Guernsey's to Offer Sunken Treasure from Famed Spanish Galleon
Three decades ago, American treasure hunter Mel Fisher discovered sunken treasure valued at about $450 million from the Nuestra Señora de Atocha, the most famous member of a fleet of Spanish ships that sank in 1622 after sailing into a violent hurr
07/06/2015
Mega-Wealthy Surge on Maltese Real Estate by Roxanne James
The majority of foreign buyers in Malta are British but there are also French and Italian buyers, Russian buyers due to the citizenship scheme as well as Dutch and South Africans but it heavily depends on where we're promoting at a particular point i
07/05/2015
Jersey's Finance Industry Records Stellar Performance in 2014
The survey covers banks, fund managers, investment trusts, accountancy and legal firms.
07/05/2015
Liechtenstein-based Bank completes share buyback
The bank bought back 300,750 bearer shares and 114,080 registered shares under the scheme announced on June 18.
07/03/2015
Switzerland Tops The Financial Secrecy Index
When the HSBC Holdings plc Swiss leaks story broke the big shock was that someone had produced evidence, not that one of Switzerland’s notoriously secretive banks had helped people evade taxes.