Finance

The credit crunch 10 years on – more regulation, but has anything really changed? A decade ago, the global banking crisis claimed one of its most high-profile British scalps as Northern Rock spectacularly collapsed as a result of its inability to obtain funding in the interbank debt market to…

Irish firm, Solgari, set to make 100 UK companies MiFID II compliant in under six months Solgari, the leading Irish cloud business communications specialist is enabling UK FinTech and Financial Services companies to fast-track compliance ahead of MiFID II implementation. Driving forward this evolution pre 2018, Solgari…

Henry Martin speaks with Les Khan, CEO, Citizenship by Investment Unit (CIU), Government of St Kitts and Nevis.  Henry Martin: Can you provide an economic snapshot of St Kitts and Nevis? Les Khan: St Kitts and Nevis is the oldest and most mature Citizenship by Investment (CBI) Programme in…

The dual island nation punches well above its weight thanks to a citizenship by investment program (CIP) that has become the world standard, not to mention well-administered and thriving tourism and real estate sectors and a financial services industry that continues to go from strength to strength. St Kitts &…

CEO Insight: The Cook Islands was adjudged to be “largely compliant” following the OECD’s March 2015 Phase 2 Peer Review Report. What steps have subsequently been taken to address any highlighted outstanding issues? Tamatoa Jonassen: Given the details of the Phase 2 Peer Review assessment of the Cook Islands’…

Small Island states that have adapted and prospered in the face of adversity Cook Islands The concerted international drive towards greater tax transparency and the combating of tax evasion continues unabated. As part of a changing international regulatory landscape, various instruments and devices have been introduced to enhance…