Plus ça change

In some ways it feels like a time warp: the burning issues of today for the offshore banking world have remained the same since the last offshore banking supplement we published 12 months ago. This is not a reflection of how slowly the world of banking moves but how big and complex the issues facing it are. The most prominent problem facing banking is still the EU Savings Tax Directive, which is making a brave attempt to juggle being almost entirely pointless with being aggressively fought over for as long as possible while at the same time ensuring there will be almost no significant end...