Managers of Wealth

Warranty Claims: On Time, But too Late?

That explains the due diligence that is usually conducted by buyers, where the buyer and its advisors scrutinise the target company and its assets and liabilities in rigorous detail.

Migration of Non-Jersey Limited Partnerships into Jersey: New Regulations

Update prepared by Felicia de Laat (LP Partner, Jersey), Tim Morgan (Partner, Jersey) and Ben Robins (Partner, Jersey).

Council of Europe Calls for More Cross-Border Financial Probes

The EU has in recent years strengthened its legal framework for countering money-laundering and financing of terrorism.

Over 40 new firms commit to promoting gender diversity in financial services

Over 40 new companies have signed up to the Women In Finance charter, which aims to promote gender diversity in Financial Services, the City Minister John Glen has announced today.

Global tax guide to doing business in...

This edition of our annual insight piece is aimed at providing a high-level overview of the tax consequences that face businesses planning to expand international operations.

Appleby Asia Group Head is REcognized in the IFLR1000 Women Leaders List 2020

Women Leaders recognises the leading female transactional lawyers in the world.

UBS Expands Client Offering for Separately Managed Accounts to Include Third Party Asset Manager Strategies With No Additional Fees

UBS is committed to offering an open and transparent platform

Hong Kong Instability Fuels Hiring in Singapore

Julius Baer has been growing our Greater China franchise in Singapore over the past five years, said David Shick, head of private banking for Greater China at Julius Baer without providing any hiring details.

Solvency II solutions when choosing reinsurance from Guernsey

Jason Noronha, Head of Actuarial and Analytics at Aon, who heads the firm’s non-life insurance actuarial consulting team, clarifies Solvency II regulations as they relate to reinsurance from Guernsey.

Hong Kong wealth managers can’t wait for new Connect programme, with Singapore ready to pounce on city’s troubles

Cross-border Wealth Management Connect seen boosting Hong Kong fund managers like stock and bond programmes

Do as we say! China orders UK firms to obey or else they'll 'pay price and be hit hard'

BRITISH firms have been sent a powerful warning by Chinese state media with one firm told they face a "life or death test", in a stinging attack, as they respond to the new security law in Hong Kong.

Luxembourg's Impending Professional Guarantee of Payment Regime, 2020

Luxembourg is a civil law jurisdiction where the Napoleonic (French) civil code originally constituted the framework of its contract law.

HSBC faces £1.3bn legal claim for its involvement in film financing scheme set up to avoid tax

Retired policeman and lead claimant Chris Upham said he invested £25,000 in what ‘seemed like a great opportunity’.

Deutsche Bank Pays $10.25M in Reporting Failures, Spoofing Settlements

The consent order stems from a complaint filed in August 2016, after an unprecedented swap reporting platform outage at Deutsche Bank that began on April 16, 2016.

DC Advisory advised Fidelius Group on its strategic alliance with Pacific Asset Management

The proposed terms of the strategic alliance involved a share swap arrangement whereby

What will Switzerland’s coronavirus debt mean for your tax bill?

Boosting businesses to funding freelancers: Here is how Switzerland is tackling its coronavirus-affected economy

Corona's Warning Shot for Private Banks

The BCG authors forecast that one-fourth of Switzerland's private banks will disappear by 2025.

Centre for Asian Philanthropy and Society’s Doing Good Index Plots Way Forward in Post-Covid-19 World

Governments struggling to meet growing social demands will need help from private and social sectors

Coronavirus and UK tax-exempt artworks and heritage assets

The owners of a national heritage property should follow the relevant public health authority’s social distancing guidance.

Tax-efficient ways to give

The coronavirus is hurting the pockets of many charities, but the British tax system is remarkably generous to those who want to help.

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