News results for Offshore

Offshore
3 April 2024

OPINION OF THE WEEK: Three European IFCs – Caution, Growth And Privacy

The editor gives a brief overview of trips to three European international financial centres and...

Offshore
26 February 2024

OPINION OF THE WEEK: Four Reasons Why Offshoring's Future Is Threatened

This article considers business working practices and their use of "offshore" models. ...

Offshore
8 February 2024

OPINION OF THE WEEK: Guernsey's Defence Of Its IFC Deserves Applause

The production of a report about Guernsey and its contribution to the UK economy might be...

Offshore
1 February 2024

Beyond Brexit: How Swiss Businesses Benefit From New Berne Financial Services Agreement

The UK and Switzerland – both outside the European Union – are home to large financial centres,...

Offshore
23 January 2024

Court Ruling Enhances Bahamas' Trusts, Arbitration Standing – Taylor Wessing

A father-and-son court battle over billions of dollars of assets held in trusts led to a ruling...

Offshore
5 January 2024

Hong Kong Banking Group, UAE Form Closer Ties

The UAE has been expanding its reach and linkages in recent years, while Hong Kong has worked on a...

Offshore
13 November 2023

Legal, Trust And Corporate Law Changes In Switzerland – An Overview

The author of this article, a familiar face in the Swiss and wider world of private client advisory...

Offshore
11 October 2023

HNW Visas, Foreign Residency Remain Popular Despite Headwinds, Advisors Say

Although some governments have suspended or closed so-called "golden visas," there remains plenty...

Offshore
27 July 2023

Panama Papers "Whistleblower" Sues Germany For Reward; ICIJ Says Doesn't Pay For Information

In an unusual turn events, the person who claims to have fired the alert about the huge trove off...

Offshore
13 June 2023

WealthTalk: The Changing World Of Residency, Citizenship Via Investment

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Offshore
19 May 2023

What's Driving Monaco's IFC Success – In Conversation With TrustConsult

During this news service's attendance at a Monaco-based conference, we spoke to founding partner of...

Offshore
16 May 2023

Making The Case For Offshore In Testing Times – Monaco Conference Report

Wealth structuring, the right way to own a yacht, the challenges for startup backers and the...

Offshore
26 April 2023

What Makes The Bahamas Succeed As An IFC? – Webinar

What drives the wealth and private advisory industry in the Bahamas, and what is next for this...

Offshore
21 April 2023

OPINION OF THE WEEK: UK Should Revisit Investor Visas, Retain Non-Dom Status

In this opinion article, the author has another look at the market in what are sometimes dubbed...

Offshore
30 March 2023

British Virgin Islands Spells Out Contribution To Global Growth, Jobs

International financial centres, aka offshore centres, have not had an easy ride in the court of...

Offshore
24 February 2023

OPINION OF THE WEEK: How Killing UK's Tier 1 Visa Continues Non-Dom Decline

The Canada-based author of this opinion piece, responding to this news service's commentary a few...

Offshore
20 February 2023

Golden Visa Market Pressured, Another Country Shuts Doors

The market for selling HNW investor visas is on the back foot after two European Union member...

Offshore
10 February 2023

OPINION OF THE WEEK: Swiss Stability Endures But Don't Get Complacent

Predictions have sometimes been made that Swiss private banking and finance is on a downward slope,...

Offshore
3 February 2023

WEALTH TALK – Breaking Down US-Swiss Wealth Management Barriers

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Offshore
31 January 2023

Dubai International Financial Centre's CEO Explains Big Ambitions

This news service spoke to Arif Amiri, CEO of the DIFC Authority, about the Middle East...

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Offshore
17 April 2024

How Citizenship/Residency-By Investment Programmes Evolved - And What's Next

A marker for globalisation and the degree of unfettered movement that people enjoy, the market for...

Offshore
12 April 2023

Why Residency/Citizenship-By-Investment Visas Aren't Going Away

This news service speaks to a business that has offices in a number of jurisdictions – including...

Offshore
6 March 2023

The Squeeze On Investment Visas – What Should Happen Now?

With these programmes, the subject of this interview says, the benefit is not just in the initial...

Offshore
1 February 2023

Dubai Government Doubles Down In Attracting Onshore, Offshore Wealth

We talk to the government in Dubai – at its economic and tourism department – about its...

Offshore
25 January 2023

New BVI Act Provides Clarity On Virtual Assets

In December, legislation was introduced in the British Virgin Islands for virtual assets. The...

Offshore
4 November 2022

A Wide Set Of Wealth, Business Tools In Jersey: In Conversation With Stonehage Fleming

What sort of structures and entities do clients coming to Jersey want to use? What sort of...

Offshore
30 September 2022

Green Funds, Foundations And Other Qualities: The Guernsey Formula

This news service talks to the organisation that promotes the island's financial services sector...

Offshore
6 September 2022

Havens Of Calm In Volatile Times: The Channel Islands

At last, after the lockdowns and restrictions have eased off, this news service spent time in...

Offshore
14 June 2022

The Bahamas And Resilience Through Testing Times – Latest Report

This is a mini-series on The Bahamas Financial Services Industry. ...

Offshore
7 April 2022

Jersey Trumpets Global Financial Value Chain Impact

The Channel Islands jurisdiction has described its contribution to global "value chains," making a...

Offshore
26 October 2021

Reflections On Pandemic's Impact On IFCs: View From The Cayman Islands

As part of a set of articles looking at how offshore centres have tried to cope with the pandemic...

Offshore
25 October 2021

How Jersey Came Through COVID-19 And What's Next

We talk to Jersey Finance on how the island has coped with the pandemic, the impact on its status...

Offshore
12 October 2021

Gulf Jurisdictions Flex VC Muscles, Attract Wealth Inflows

We talk to Apex Fund Services in the Gulf region about what trends it sees playing out in...

Offshore
4 October 2021

Offshore Centres Look Back, Forward In Uncertain Times

We talk to industry figures in various IFCs in Europe to ask how international pressures and the...

Offshore
29 September 2021

The Bahamas: The Clear Choice For International Financial Services

Here is the 2021 edition of a report about The Bahamas, prepared in partnership with The Bahamas...

Offshore
13 September 2021

New Wealth House Serving US Expats Explains Investment Angle

UK-based Shard Capital created a new service a year ago for US expats. The business has a very...

Offshore
18 June 2021

Jersey Keeps Edge Through Tight Compliance - Commentary

The author of this piece says that Jersey's moves over the years to weed out dirty money have...

Offshore
27 May 2021

Switzerland's Edge As Intellectual Property Hub - Comment

The author of this comment talks about the benefits of intellectual property registration as an...

Offshore
22 April 2021

Trend Of US Citizenship Renunciation To Rise "Dramatically"

The threat of higher US taxes, combined with other factors, could produce a sharp rise in the...

Offshore
27 October 2020

WEALTH TALK: Private Client Series With Kobre & Kim - A Focus On Brazil, Asset Forfeiture

This is the fourth edition of a video series by this news service in partnership with international...