Offshore Investment

Active investment manager, RWC, plans to launch a Luxembourg UCITS long only unconstrained global equity fund.

Skandia's confidence barometer reveals that international advisers'confidence in the global economy has increased for the third quarter in a row taking the rise in confidence up to six out of 10 - up from 5.8 at the end of last year.

All British Overseas Territories running financial centres have signed up to the UK government's strategy on global tax transparency. Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne says the move marks a turning point in the fight against tax evasion and illicit...

Expat pension rights have become just one of the benefits to be axed by the UK government desperate to leave no stone unturned to recoup what it sees as unnecessary pay-outs.

Jersey-based wealth managers, Ashburton, is flagging up the very real possibility that the current talk of currency wars means markets are moving to a world in which G10 exchange rates could be operated, once again, on a managed basis.

Jersey's fiduciary sector is celebrating the number of Foundation structures registered in the jurisdiction breaking through the 200 barrier.

The EDHEC-Risk Institute has devised what it describes as a new and free approach to smart beta investing.

Guernsey plans to provide a financial services gateway through which structures, including funds, can be established for investing out of and into China.

EUROPE

State Street and Source strengthen propositions plus a new French investment solutions launch.