an interesting timefor international

It is certainly an interesting time to be taking over as editor of a magazine like International Investment. Legal & General's entry into the offshore insurance market with the launch of its Dublin-based subsidiary Legal & General International (Ireland) (see News, page 5) was not a hasty move. Most of L&G's onshore peers have been operating offshore subsidiaries, serving both expatriates and the UK tax planning fraternity, for some time. According to L&G, which had been asked for many years why it had not gone offshore, the growth of open architecture was the key driver behind the decisi...