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October  2022  (9)

• The customer is (still) king

  In a world where technology and automation are growing in influence and playing an increasingly pivotal role in delivering customer experience, it’s essential that companies don’t lean on them to the detriment of traditional customer values When it comes to the impact customer experienc...     [read more]

  By Alexander Garrett on  31 October 2022 

• Entrepreneurs and their succession: it’s time to talk

  Building a business succession or exit strategy can be one of an entrepreneur’s best investments. But in practice, traditional succession approaches can be complex. Joe Peacock, Client Advisor at UBS Global Wealth Management in Jersey, discusses why talking and communication are critical to a ...     [read more]

  By UBS on  28 October 2022 

• Tech talk

  While the rapid rise of technology in financial services has delivered plenty of advantages – from real-time payments to more rapid customer service – is there a risk that too many fragmented systems could create barriers rather than benefits? Plenty has been written in the past two yea...     [read more]

  By David Burrows on  27 October 2022 

• The different dimensions of board diversity

  Norma O’Sullivan, Managing Director of TMGA Wealth Management, explores different dimensions of board diversity, the role it plays in ensuring a healthy board culture and the benefits that this can bring to an organisation So much has been written about diversity on boards through the lens of...     [read more]

  By TMGA on  25 October 2022 

• Direct action

  Direct indexing has taken off in the US, where it is now embraced as a tax-efficient and highly bespoke way of building an investment portfolio. Will the Channel Islands follow? There’s an investment concept that’s been recognised for more than 30 years in the US and is continuing to ga...     [read more]

  By Steve Falla on  24 October 2022 

• New developments in Guernsey insolvency

  Ogier Partner Alex Horsbrugh-Porter (pictured), Senior Associate Michael Rogers and Associate Chloe Gill set out all you need to know about the new Guernsey Insolvency Rules Guernsey’s insolvency law regime is due to be updated and revised by the Companies (Guernsey) Law, 2008 (Insolvency) (A...     [read more]

  By Ogier on  21 October 2022 

• Light in the darkness?

  This year has been tough on the markets. And with further inflationary pressures around every corner, a war raging in Ukraine and disrupted supply chains, what does the economic uncertainty mean for the corporate services market and investors? As the two-year pandemic began to fade there were high ...     [read more]

  By David Stirling on  20 October 2022 

• Governance matters

  Hannah Luce, Governance Director at TMGA Wealth Management, looks at the importance of ensuring that good governance is woven through every fibre of an organisation It is perhaps easy for the true meaning of corporate governance to become lost in the enormity of the ‘governance brand’. ...     [read more]

  By TMGA on  5 October 2022 

• Mixing it up

  There has been a stronger focus on board diversity in general over the past decade, but fund boards have been slower to evolve. So what are the benefits of driving diversity among these groups – and how can progress be speeded up? Only months after the Financial Conduct Authority published me...     [read more]

  By Alexa Robertson on  3 October 2022 

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