UK tax authorities to investigate Lloyds offshore operations after BBC report
Lloyds Banking Group is to be investigated by UK tax authorities following allegations by a BBC Panorama programme that it was encouraging wealthy individuals to avoid taxes by investing offshore.
Habits of the world’s “future wealthy” identified in report
The Indian Sub-continent is home to the most financially ambitious of the worlds future wealthy, with people there believing they need to accrue more than $9m to achieve their goals, a study has fo
Survey: Hong Kong and Singapore join London and New York as ‘global leaders’
Hong Kong and Singapore have joined London and New York as “global leaders” in the financial centre firmament, according to the authors of a recent ranking of world financial centres.
Tax & Technical | 27 Jun 11
Ucits IV: after the dust has settled
Christian Elsmark, managing director, Europe, for Scottish Widows Investment Partnership (SWIP) argues that the advent of the Ucits IV fund regime should bring lower costs and increased choice to inve
Guernsey funds drop again
Guernseys funds sector is continuing to feel the pinch from the economic downturn, with net asset value in closed and open-ended locally domiciled structures having fallen more than 21% at the end of