Managers of Wealth Offshore

The Guernsey Private Investment Fund

Flexibility of form: can take a variety of legal forms, including a company, unit trust, limited partnership or other vehicle or entity approved by the GFSC.

Economic Substance in Jersey and Partnerships

New summary guidance

The tried and tested route into Europe post-Brexit

Guernsey has often watched – with a calm detachment – the waxing and waning of the UK’s mercurial relationship with the European institutions over half a century.

The Panama Papers Double Cross How a spy-for-hire got closely guarded dirt on the global elite.

The operative who beat the system was a hybrid journalist/spy-for-hire named Mark Hollingsworth.

Guernsey Private Investment Fund attracting tech sector

Reference Fund is a fund of funds structured as a Guernsey limited partnership, which targets investments with a global coverage (China, Israel, Europe and USA) in Seed stage technology focused funds.

Independent financial adviser prohibited from finance industry

Our investigation also concluded that Mr Hussain continued to have contact with clients when the regulator had imposed directions on him not to do so.

Court Dismisses Flawed Restrictive Covenants – Why Jersey and Guernsey Employers Should Review Contracts

The judge also declined to enforce the non-solicitation and non-dealing covenants on the same basis.

Public service pensions and gratuities may soon be reinstated

The TCI Government’s pension and gratuity programme was discontinued in 2012 due to financial hardship, according to a Government press release on Thursday, May 20.

Latin American Investor Files Six-Figure Northstar (Bermuda) Fraud Claim Against Truist Investment Services

The claimant invested mostly in bank products and checking and savings accounts with SunTrust.

Mauritius & China’s Free Trade Agreement – China’s First Free Trade Agreement with an African Country

The Agreement is beneficial for both countries and will further enhance economic and trade relations between Mauritius and China.

CBI Calls for UCITS Managers to Review Liquidity Risk Management Frameworks

Under the CSA NCAs undertook a two-stage assessment of compliance by UCITS managers with liquidity risk management rules.

Auto-enrolment pension schemes

I cannot persuade my adult children to get pensions. There must be many others in a similar position. Is auto-enrolment the only answer?

Developers pose major AML risks

Templeman said that independent developers are difficult to police and, as is the case in many jurisdictions now, they pose a challenge for the authorities to monitor.

Ireland Update: Industry Letter – UCITS Liquidity Risk Management

The Central Bank’s review formed part of the European Securities

Guernsey relaxes its housing planning rules

This will remove a step in the process for smaller, less complex sites and achieve a more streamlined planning service while freeing up resources.

Snapshot: bearer share companies in the British Virgin Islands

Regulatory reforms to improve corporate transparency and crackdown on white collar crime prompted most offshore jurisdictions to reform their bearer share regimes.

The House of Green—Guernsey’s “Saving Grace” As Cannabis Reform Spreads Through Europe

A determined band of international cannapreneurs, The House of Green, has a big dream for the future of cannabis in the British Channel Islands.

BVI introduces data protection regime

The background to this is of course the drive for the BVI to become equivalent with the UK and European Union in this area, in particular under the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation.

Guernsey’s Competition and Regulatory Authority reduces red tape and cost to businesses

Guernsey businesses and prospective investors, franchises and other commercial chains no longer need to register agreements, for approval, where they fall into a category deemed unlikely to be harmful.

Mourant Regulatory Update - Guernsey Corporate - Q1 2021

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