Offshore Investment

Friends Provident International (FPI) has found that investor confidence in Singapore and the UAE is riding on a crest of optimism.

Multi-asset and alternative investment specialist, Frontier Investment Management, has added euro and Swiss Franc share classes to its FrontEdge Global Hedge Fund following increasing demand from both Swiss and European family offices and institutions....

Continuing with its programme of developing closer economic and taxation co-operation with other countries, the Isle of Man has announced the signing of a Tax Information Exchange Agreement (TIEA) and a Joint Declaration with the Czech Republic.

International financial group, Guardian Wealth Management(GWM) continues its strategy to expand its offering by linking with partners online.

Real estate has been confirmed as the primary focus for European pension funds. The European Institutional Asset Management Survey (EIAMS), now in its 11th year, confirms that this sector maintains not only its primary position in investor portfolios...

Ireland's international financial services industry has mapped out sufficient growth to create 10,000 new jobs over the next five years. Identifying seven drivers underpinning this strategy, the Irish government says they are all critical in ensuring...

Following meetings between Guernsey's Chief Minister and officials in Washington DC, the offshore finance centre has had its name removed from the US ‘blacklist' of jurisdictions accused of practising offshore secrecy.

The latest UCITS sales figures from May 2011 are showing signs of a flight to quality as the sovereign debt crisis bites, but future reports may be more revealing on how investor reactions.

Australian QIC has launched two Dublin-based Absolute Return Global Bonds funds - the first a ‘higher risk' UCITS III fund with a 10-12% pa net return objective and the second is a ‘lower risk' UCITS III fund with a cash + 3% pa net return objective....

You can call the economic woe that's spreading across the EU a sovereign debt crisis, but best advice for IFAs with international clients is not to panic over currency markets, says forex specialists HiFX.