People Moves | 1 Jun 12

Friends Provident Internationals Middle East & Africa sales director Ian Bentley is to leave the firm on 21 June.

Asia | 1 Jun 12

Regus, the serviced office accommodation provider whose facilities are often used by small financial services companies, such as advisory firms, for satellite offices and start-ups, has taken 16,000sq ft of space in the third and final office tower to be built and, as of a few weeks ago, occupied as part of a major new mixed use development in Singapore.

Retirement | 1 Jun 12

HM Revenue & Customs has told Guernsey officials that it is willing to reconsider allowing some “domestic” Guernsey QROP schemes that were delisted in April to regain their status, following negotiations with Guernseys Income Tax Office.

United Kingdom | 31 May 12

As the global financial situation remains challenging, and governments around the world increasingly take action aimed at preventing tax leakage to tax havens, Jersey and Guernsey have begun talking seriously about moving towards a single financial services regulator beginning with a shared commissioner.

Tax & Regulation | 31 May 12

American expats and the organisations that represent them are protesting at what they say is a fresh effort by Washington legislators to fund a domestic programme through measures that disproportionately affect non-US resident Americans.