Invest Offshore

Author: Aaron

  • IFC International Newslinks

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    Judge says Trio fraud INVESTORS with $123 million in an offshore fund managed by Trio Capital have almost certainly been victims of a ”fraudulent scam”, a NSW Supreme Court judge ruled yesterday. Justice George Palmer detailed ”vices” in Trio’s business and ruled it was in the public interest to wind up five schemes that it…

  • Offshore Investors Forum in Abu Dhabi

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    National Bank of Abu Dhabi Added to Sponsor Roster for Next Week’s Latin America Mid-East Investors Forum in Abu Dhabi ABU DHABI, United Arab Emirates, April 21, 2010 – The National Bank of Abu Dhabi is the newest sponsor of next week’s Latin America Mid-East Investors Forum, a move that reinforces the growing bond between…

  • The Search for a Reserve Currency

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    Currency, like all forms of abstract value, is based on trust. And trust itself is based – except among the most naïve – on experience, and the repetitive demonstration of fidelity, whether positive or negative. At present, the US dollar, which had experienced a gradual rise during the 20th Century to the position gained well…

  • Global Problem for Bank Workers

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    UNI Global Union: Bank workers Demand Their Rights at Demonstration in Frankfurt [box]”Fair Banking Advice? Fair Working Conditions? NOW!”[/box] European bank workers demonstrated in front of the headquarters of the European Central Bank in Frankfurt this past week to call for a radical change in the sales practices of financial service providers. UNI Finance Global…

  • Jeremy Siegel on the Dow Reaching 11,000

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    The Dow has closed above 11,000, the European Union is bailing out Greece and the U.S. economy seems to be perking up. Is the future as bright as it looks? In fact, it looks pretty good, says Wharton finance professor Jeremy Siegel. While the Dow’s 11,000 close doesn’t mean much to professional market watchers, it…

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    UBS Client Pleads Guilty to Tax Fraud A wealthy client of the Swiss bank UBS pleaded guilty on Monday to tax fraud, the ninth American caught up in an investigation of the bank’s offshore private banking services, The New York Times’s Lynnley Browning reports. The bank client, Harry Abrahamsen, of Oradell, N.J., pleaded guilty in…

  • Impact Of Tax Amnesties On Offshore Financial Services

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    A new report provides detailed analysis of the Finance and Banking market This report introduces Datamonitor’s proprietary Tax Amnesty Assessment Index. It is a quantifiable assessment framework of 15 criteria, grouped within five critical amnesty conditions, that can be used by offshore banks to determine the likely impact of any announced amnesty on their assets…

  • New Hedge Funds

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    The list of hedge firms launching Ucits III-compliant Newcits hedge funds continues to grow, as five more are revealed. Those announcing Newcits plans this week include Toscafund, Frankfurt-based Trycon GCM, Cheyne Capital and Castlestone Management, while Merchant Capital and Spanish platform Tressis have also teamed up for a new long/short fund. According to Reuters, Toscafund…

  • Wirecard for Payment Solutions

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    Online Specialist Discounter for Electrical and Electronic Appliances Opts for Payment Solutions From a Single Source MUNICH and GRASBRUNN, Germany, April 11, 2010 – redcoon GmbH, headquartered in Aschaffenburg, has decided in favor of the payment services of Wirecard AG. The redcoon company has meanwhile become one of the leading European specialist discounters for entertainment…