Offshore Investment

Despite the anticipated cost of regulation, 25% of fund platforms anticipate greater profit margins in 2013, according to research undertaken on behalf of the Fund Platform Group (FPG).

The EU bail out conditions could have a detrimental effect on Cyprus' tax centre status, according to accountants, Baker Tilly.

Standard Bank and Calastone appoint and expand

Investec Asset Management believes this year's BRICS Summit recently held in South Africa was more about communication between the five countries rather than coordination which is a concept still in its infancy.

Pension payments into Cypriot bank accounts for British expats have been suspended by the UK's Department for Work and Pensions.

Financial administration service provider, Vistra, is to open an office in San Francisco.

The Australian government has introduced legislation which will enshrine in law the terms ‘financial planner' and ‘financial adviser'.

Law firm Carey Olsen has published an explanatory brief on the implications of the draft intergovernmental agreement (IGA) Guernsey is in the process of finalising with the UK covering a tax package of three initiatives.

The Professional Adviser International Fund and Product Awards are currently in the process of accepting entries from firms active in the international financial services sector. The awards are in recognition of providers striving to meet cross-border...

Jersey has announced a FATCA style agreement with the UK consistent with those agreed with the Isle of Man and Guernsey.