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No offshore flight for British banks
For all the talk, all the fear it would seem highly unlikely that a major British head quartered bank will be moving offshore any time soon.
Top 3 things about Swiss family office jobs
As all know, discretion is a Swiss bankers "middle name". It is perhaps this is the reason Lake Zurich is becoming the setting for an explosion of growth in Swiss family offices.
Swiss booming at expense of offshore Caribbean
Switzerland has benefited the past two years from the American clampdown on tax havens. The alpine state has been gaining a string of companies from Bermuda along with the Cayman Islands.
Most UK execs want to move offshore
As the year moves to its close - and snow begins to fall in many areas - some 70 percent of UK based executives say they're now considering moving to more exotic, potentially offshore locations to be more effective and live better.
Moving your business offshore
There are many challenges to contemplate if structuring your company's overseas activities by using offshore companies. The overriding basis for setting up an overseas entity really should be influenced by commercial reasons as an alternative to tax mitigation
More Brits offshore than ever
In addition to the UK being a top spot for expats, British expats make up some of the largest numbers of international workers around – particulary in the offshore jurisdictions.
Triple A Man
While Ireland teeters on the brink of financial distress, there's better news across the water on the Isle of Man.
New STEP Qualification
In a development sure to effect those in well paid fiduciary jobs offshore, the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) has announced the launch of a new qualification specifically designed for accountants and tax practitioners.
When the past, present and future, meet - An article by Nigel Feetham, partner in Financial Services at Hassans. 1of 3
'Tax havens' have come under considerable outside pressure over the last 10 years. As a Gibraltar legal practitioner, I took an early professional interest in writing about developments in the offshore industry and I could sense the change in the wind and prevailing currents that had propelled a handful of small jurisdictions into the forefront of international finance.
Gloom as City managers tire of London
Asset managers are threatening to gash their commitment to London, citing it’s unsafe, if not hostile, regulatory, trading and political environment.
Female finance executives not in the boardroom
Female finance executives are under-represented in top financial jobs where female professionals, both offshore and onshore, are six times less likely than their male counterparts to carry out chief financial officer or chief executive location, a current notice has indicated.
Offshore flight - what is happening?
Immortalized by the Clash and increasingly considered by Asset managers in London as the ramifications of Tax changes mean working offshore becomes an increasingly attractive option.
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