North America

North America | 19 Dec 16

Harlequin Property SVG, the land-owning unit behind the £400m ($509m, €454m) overseas property scheme facing ruin, has entered interim receivership while its flagship resort has closed after the electricity was disconnected.

Commodities | 15 Dec 16

The dollar surged this morning on the back of only the second Fed rate rise since the 2008 financial crisis.

North America | 9 Dec 16

Last year at about this time I wrote a piece titled: What if the Fed is wrong and other scary thoughts for 2016?

North America | 9 Dec 16

The US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has confirmed that enforcement director Andrew Ceresney is to leave the agency by the end of the year, the latest in a series of high-profile departures from the regulator.

Best Practice | 6 Dec 16

Compliance with the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (Fatca) by those institutions affected by it is now well advanced, but the picture is much less clear for individuals affected by the new rules, says David Andrews, executive director (international private clients) at HFM Columbus.