Offshore Investment

Amendment of Guernsey Financial Services Commission's (GFSC) domestic rules and the provision of guidance means that Guernsey is well advanced in being able to continue to offer access to EU markets in view of Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive...

Wealth managers in Hong Kong and Singapore put conflicting regulatory regimes high on the list of concerns when it comes to managing client data.

International financial planning firm, the deVere Group, is to launch new advice technology that will be implemented in its offices worldwide.

Having spent time in the "economic and stockmarket wilderness", India is worth a second look according to the managers of J.P. Morgan's Luxembourg-registered India fund.

It is believed Gibraltar is close to signing its first Double Taxation Agreement (DTA).

OFFSHORE

Hannah Beecham interviews Fabian Picardo, Chief Minister of Gibraltar, on the state of the nation.

Several new appointments have been made to strengthen the European business team of Standard Life Investments. Dirk Tiemann will be based in Frankfurt as the new investment director for semi-institutional (wholesale) sales in Germany and Austria.

Guernsey, Jersey, the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands have all received approval from the European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA) for co-operation agreements.

Gibraltar's Chief Minister, Fabian Picardo, refuses to be flustered over the currrent wrangling within the UK government over its continuing EU member status.