SPVs & Other Structures

In the last twenty years or so of offshore financial services, conversations with clients about succession planning and wealth transfer haven’t changed very much but the toolbox of solutions has expanded exponentially in that time...

IQ-EQ has launched IQ-EQ Compass, a technological platform that looks to simplify environmental, social and governance (ESG) compliance and helps its clients build sustainable value and protect their reputation

In a move aimed at furthering its offering to family offices, Guernsey is set to revise the rules of its Private Investment Fund, expanding the fund regime with two supplemental models which remove the requirement for manager involvement

Stéphane Monier, chief investment officer, Lombard Odier Private Bank, looks at the top investment trends to keep an eye out for in 2021....

New York State Attorney General Letitia James filed a lawsuit against Sotheby’s last Friday (06/11/2020).

Impact investing has attracted increasing attention in recent years from socially conscious investors looking to build wealth while creating concrete social or environmental benefits....

The Dubai International Financial Centre (DIFC) has expanded the applicant criteria for its Prescribed Companies regime

Today sees the publication of the 2020 eprivateclient Middle East Report – an in-depth look at some of the most important topics affecting wealthy individuals and families from the region as well as their advisers across the globe...

As we approach the final quarter of 2020, many investors are understandably worried about the threat of a resurgence in the pandemic and renewed lockdowns hanging over markets...

The old conundrum about whether art imitates life or life imitates art may have no ultimate answer but sometimes life hands us a set of facts which we would expect to see only in the pages of a novel or on the Hollywood screen. A bond issue bought by reputable investors world-wide and backed by the Mafia would qualify