Offshore Investment

The expat mortgage market is showing signs of life again just six months after the near total withdrawal of the major lenders, experts say.

Liechtenstein, Monaco and Andorra have been cut from the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development's (OECD) "un-cooperative" list, as other jurisdictions enter a flurry of tax agreement signing in a bid to improve their transparency.

UK investors in French sale and leaseback schemes should take advantage of "major" opportunities due to a minor amendment to a recently introduced law in France, experts say.

International businesses and entrepreneurial corporates are been drawn to the Isle of Man from the UK after the Chancellor's Budget tax changes have "unsettled" non-doms, according to the Isle of Man Government.

Depositors with savings trapped in failed bank Kaupthing Singer & Friedlander Isle of Man (KSFIOM) are set to receive payments by late summer, according to the Manx Government.

Jupiter is launching its Japan Select Sicav next month for Simon Somerville.

Schroders has launched its first managed currency fund, designed to protect and increase global purchasing power over the long term.

FTSE's bid to become the world's leading index provider is gathering pace after it introduced an index series for the Italian equity market, the FTSE Italia Series.

Generali International has added Castlestone Management's Aliquot Gold Bullion fund to its unit-linked fund range.

Dow Jones Indexes has joined forces with the Federation of Euro-Asian Stock Exchanges (FEAS) to launch the Dow Jones FEAS Indexes.