09/09/2019
In some places in particular, it is easy to hide the real owner of a property: anonymous companies can be used to purchase property, meaning even law enforcement don’t know who owns the house next door.
09/09/2019
‘Onerous work’: John Caudwell’s finest yr was when he offered Phones4U for £1.5billion in 2006
09/09/2019
Other than involvement alongside the company’s manager, the other hallmarks of private equity are the investor exit and financial strategies.
09/09/2019
The strong start to 2019 follows a 15.1% increase in 2018, taking AIM companies’ total payouts to £1,116m last year, breaching the £1bn mark for the first time.
09/08/2019
The market for houses and apartments in the £1m-£2m range is still strong - after all people have to live somewhere
09/08/2019
Schuldscheine may present a valuable alternative mode of finance, but what are these products, and why are they attracting so much attention?
09/08/2019
Despite staff fears and a culture gap, money talks when it comes to a mega merger being proposed between the two heavyweights, writes Niall Brady
09/08/2019
Today marks the birthday of Thomas Coutts, who led our bank for 47 years from 1775. Here’s how his legacy lives on…
09/06/2019
Painting investment hubs with the same brush, however, does a major disservice to developing countries that benefit from the FDI flows facilitated by these key intermediaries through the structuring of safe and secure investments into otherwise challengin
09/06/2019
Sky’s millions have wrecked English football. That is the premise of a new book which calls on fans to boycott games screened on pay-TV channels.
09/06/2019
Just like the rest of the world is beginning to learn that the “default” UCITS is not the one-size-fits-all must-have fund structure to satisfy their requirements.
09/05/2019
An international campaign was one of a number of objectives set out by a strategic review of the sector and aimed to raise the profile of the Isle of Man’s life sector on a global scale.
09/05/2019
The sector experienced net outflows of GBP5.84 billion over the period, the seventh consecutive quarter in which the universe has seen net redemptions.
09/05/2019
UK stress tests differ from those in the US in several important ways so I won’t be able to address exactly the same set of issues.
09/05/2019
EU has reviewed more than 200 jurisdictions to see if their tax regimes are transparent
09/05/2019
Speech by Charles Randell, Chair of the FCA, delivered at the Cambridge Economic Crime Symposium.
09/05/2019
Businesses are becoming more and more mature when it comes to their sustainability management and many have started addressing the challenges posed by the SDGs.
09/04/2019
This is because all capital gains, interest, and dividend payments are essentially tax-free for life.
09/04/2019
Initially attracting the smaller closed ended fund market in the ‘80s and ‘90s, Guernsey began administering private equity funds, at that time considered to be in an alternative and start-up category.
09/04/2019
The research also found that implicit trading costs were only calculated by half of the firms surveyed.