Brendan Dowling (pictured right), Managing Director, Estera Jersey, and Ethan Levner (pictured below), Managing Director, Estera Guernsey, discuss how the Channel Islands’ strong background in finance provides the foundation for continuous innovation breaking new ground
Both Guernsey and...
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By Estera on
28 June 2019
Private equity’s love affair with offshore fiduciary services is hotting up as early investments start to deliver outsized returns
The trust and corporate services sector is a private equity dream. A high level of recurring revenues and long-term structures that are costly and dif...
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By Amy Carroll on
27 June 2019
As Chairman of the UK’s All-Party Parliamentary Group for the Channel Islands, Andrew Rosindell MP is a fierce defender of the islands’ right to self-govern. But he is keen for them to remain firmly within the ‘British family’
What’s your background and how did y...
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By Eila Madden on
26 June 2019
Pressure from some parts of Westminster to persuade the Crown Dependencies to adopt publicly accessible registers of company ownership may have borne fruit, though adoption of these registers looks to be somewhat uncertain
In a joint statement on 19 June, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and Jersey announ...
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By Richard Willsher on
25 June 2019
As wealthy families become multi-generational, multi-jurisdictional and more complex, the family office is evolving to meet their changing needs with a more Sophisticated and multi-disciplinary offer
For most of us, a roof over our head and a good education for our children are the extent of our fa...
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By Sharon Gethings on
7 June 2019
The Channel Islands have recently brought in new economic substance laws that meet requirements set out by the EU’s Code of Conduct Group (Business Taxation) (COCG). As practitioners evaluate how they and their clients can best comply with the new legislation, Alison Parry (pictured), Head of ...
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By Intertrust on
6 June 2019
The rich and wealthy have long been known for investing their money in so-called passion assets, such as art, cars and fine wine. But a new generation of wealthy players, with new attitudes and a social conscience, are fuelling change
Just outside Romania’s capital of Bucharest is a public vi...
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By Jon Watkins on
5 June 2019
With the political uncertainty around Brexit, US-China tensions, populism in the EU and economic volatility in ASEAN, the Channel Islands are heading to Africa to seek out new opportunities
Africa is becoming an increasingly strategic continent for the Channel Islands – politically and ...
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By Dr Desne Masie on
3 June 2019
How do Guernsey and Jersey compare with other financial centres around the globe?
Competition between international financial centres has never been more intense. Governments all over the world are scrambling to develop a presence in the lucrative world of wealth management.
To get a sense of how ...
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By Dominic Dudley on
1 June 2019