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15 Aug, 2017
In this feature we explore what makes Hong Kong tick as one of the world's major business and financial centers...
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02 Aug, 2016
Located in South East Asia, Singapore is a highly developed and successful free market economy which enjoys an open and corruption-free environment, stable prices, a low tax regime and the sixth-highest per capita GDP in the world...
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10 Aug, 2015
The latest Singapore company formation statistics from Hawksford, the corporate services firm, show that business registrations grew by an impressive 9 percent in the second quarter of 2015 compared with the previous three months...
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25 Nov, 2014
Thanks to Singapores status as one of South East Asias main business hubs and commercial centres, built on the foundations of a stable and predictable legal regime, this city-state has grown in stature as one of the worlds major centres for the arbitration of contractual and other disputes between international investors, the numbers of which have risen as an inevitable consequence of growing investor interest in the Asia-Pacific region. This feature summarises the main points of interest regarding the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and related developments as the Government seeks to increase Singapores influence in the field of commercial dispute resolution.
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15 Sep, 2014
To listen to United States President Barack Obama and members of Congress rail against "unpatriotic" companies using corporate "inversions" to escape America's high 35% rate of corporate tax, you'd think that tax was the sole factor in a company's...
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15 May, 2014
Its hard to classify what Hong Kong actually is in one neat description. It isnt technically offshore, its not really a country, but its more than just a mere city. What is clear though is that this densely populated 400 square mile peninsula...
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20 Sep, 2013
It has now become the norm for ships to be registered in International Offshore Financial Centres (IOFCs) and there has been intense competition between some of the IOFCs to offer the most advantageous operating and fiscal regime. The major shipping registries are adding new features like yacht registries and expedited registrations procedures in order to attract new business, and in this feature, we round up some of the most interesting developments in the fast-growing world of offshore shipping and yacht registries over the past few months.
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26 Jun, 2013
Situated in the Irish Sea, the Isle of Mans diminutive geographical stature the island is 50km long and 22km wide at its broadest belies its position as one of the worlds largest and most reputable international offshore financial centres, which is of particular importance to the economy of the United Kingdom.
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16 May, 2013
Its hard to classify what Hong Kong actually is in one neat description. It isnt technically offshore, its not really a country, but its more than just a mere city. What is clear though is that this densely populated 400 square mile peninsula and collection of islands in south eastern China, home to more than 7 million people, certainly punches above its weight in international terms, and in this feature we explore what makes Hong Kong tick as one of the worlds major business and financial centres.
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21 Mar, 2013
In this feature we round up key developments in the world of offshore funds, taking in some industry statistics, legislative developments in the areas of tax and regulations, and the potential impact of incoming alternative investment fund managers directive.
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