Offshore & IFCs

Lloyds Banking group has stated that 8,000 offshore bank accounts have been suspended in Jersey in order to combat suspected money laundering

As part of a six year-long investigation by the Swiss authorities, CHF 130 million in forfeited assets will be returned to Uzbekistan

The Conservative Party leadership election has finally been whittled down to just two candidates: Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt. Eprivateclient has examined what each of them could mean for the private client industry.

As part of what appears to be a global shift towards tax transparency and ‘fair taxation’ the UK government has published the No Safe Havens 2019 policy paper, which follows on from the similarly named No Safe Havens 2013 and 2014 papers

Bedell Cristin Cayman Partnership, formerly known as Solomon Harris, has appointed Susan Lock and Jonathan Fitzgibbons as partners in its corporate, insurance and funds team.

The governments of Guernsey, Jersey and the Isle of Man have jointly announced a series of steps regarding each jurisdiction's central register of beneficial ownership information of companies and how they will move towards developing international standards of accessibility and transparency in the coming years

Volaw Trust and Corporate Services Limited, now known as VG Trust and Corporate Services Limited, has lost its appeal against Jersey’s Attorney General.

The European Union (EU) Code of Conduct Group’s economic substance requirements came in legislation in certain non-EU jurisdictions at the beginning of 2019.

A new centre of the OECD’s International Academy for Tax Crime Investigation has been opened in Wako, Japan.

Equiom Jersey has appointed Steve Le Seelleur as managing director