News Stories Tagged 'trade'
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Jersey Seeking To Strike Up More Financial Services Business In China
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
08 November, 2019
Representatives from Jersey are holding week-long meetings in Asia to promote the island as a well-regulated offshore international financial center.
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Asian Financial Centers Continue To Dominate Top-Ten Rankings
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
27 September, 2019
The Global Financial Centres Index was released on September 19, 2019, charting the top onshore and offshore financial centers worldwide, and for the first time the most innovative financial technology hubs.
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Gibraltar: UK Releases Post-Brexit Financial Services Guidance
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
02 September, 2019
The UK Government has newly tabled two regulations that are intended to ensure that Gibraltar-based financial services firms continue to have access into UK markets, once the UK leaves the EU, in a no-deal scenario.
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BVI Supporting Firms To Comply With Economic Substance Code
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
10 May, 2019
The British Virgin Islands financial services promotional agency BVI Finance has held educational sessions on the new draft Economic Substance Code in the BVI, London, and Hong Kong.
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Barbados To Shutter IBC Regime, Remove Harmful Tax Provisions
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
16 November, 2018
Barbados's Minister of International Business and Industry, Ronald Toppin, has confirmed that the territory will soon repeal a number of tax measures that are considered to be contrary to new international standards on harmful tax regimes.
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DAFZA Posts Strong Results In First Half Of 2018
by Lorys Charalambous, Lowtax.net, Cyprus
04 September, 2018
The Dubai Airport Freezone Authority has announced strong growth for the first half of 2018.
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DIFC Seeking To Establish 'Court Of The Blockchain'
by Lorys Charalambous, Lowtax.net, Cyprus
09 August, 2018
Hoping to establish itself as a pioneer in the use and development of blockchain technology, the Dubai International Financial Center has announced its Courts are to work towards the creation of the first "Court of the Blockchain," involving work on how blockchain technology can be used to enforce court rulings and separately on the resolution and mitigation of disputes concerning blockchain-enabled contracts.
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Hong Kong To Offer Open-Ended Fund Company Form
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
23 May, 2018
Hong Kong's Government has published three bills to establish a new open-ended fund company regime.
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ADGM, Shanghai Bourse To Create 'Belt And Road' Exchange
by Lorys Charalambous, Lowtax.net, Cyprus
24 April, 2018
Abu Dhabi Global Market, the international financial center in Abu Dhabi, and the Shanghai Stock Exchange, China's largest securities exchange, have agreed to collaborate on the establishment of a "Belt and Road" stock exchange.
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China To Open Up Financial Services To Foreign Firms
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
13 April, 2018
The People's Bank of China has committed to putting forward measures to significantly open China's financial services industry to foreign competition, following an announced commitment to do so from President Xi Jinping.
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