Category: Offshore Banks
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Mexico’s Bancomer Launches Bank For Wealthy Clients
MEXICO CITY – Mexican bank leader Grupo Financiero BBVA-Bancomer SA said it has launched a private bank Wednesday to provide comprehensive services for wealthy clients. [box type=”note”]Private Bank Bancomer said its clients account for 40% of Mexico’s market for high net-worth individuals.[/box] “People don’t have to think about offshore institutions to get answers to their…
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Offshore accounts: No longer an easy option
I’ve spent a lot of time in Switzerland over the years, including two semesters of college. But not much in recent times, when most of my travel and living has been in less developed countries. I did, however, log a few days in Zurich before Christmas to renew some old acquaintances. Some readers may remember…
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UBS seeks to invest more in China
UBS has sufficient demand from clients to warrant further increases in the amount it is investing in China’s domestic stock and bond markets, Leon Brittan, vice-chairman of UBS Investment Bank, said yesterday. Such additional investment by the Swiss-based bank was mainly being held back by regulatory issues. “There is no shortage of demand [from clients],”…
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To place, or not to place money offshore?
Q&A between Lindsay Williams and Peter Rigby about Money Offshore; December 2004 the rand trades at 5.60 to the US dollar – the first weeks of January 2005 the rand weakens to 6.14, strengthens temporarily, and slides once more – should investors be looking offshore? Alexander Forbes Financial Planning Consultants senior advisor Peter Rigby LINDSAY…
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ING on the prowl overseas
ING Industrial Fund is the latest vehicle to head offshore but it has its sights more on Europe than the United States. The plan to head overseas was revealed when the fund announced an 8.5 per cent rise in net profit to $52.7 million for the six months ending December 31, 2004. Distribution for the…
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Taxation, Globalization and Free Trade in the Bahamas
The first offshore Free Trade operations in the Western Hemisphere were established in the Bahamas in 1936 by British and Canadian interests to provide management services for the investments of wealthy clients. These operations eventually became a wholly owned subsidiary of the National Westminster Bank, which was consolidated into the private banking operations of its…
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FAQs on Offshore Investments
HSBC International deals with hundreds of enquiries a week, here are some of the most frequently asked questions with some answers. 1. What exactly is offshore investing? In the financial sense, ‘offshore’ means a jurisdiction other than the one in which you live. Established offshore centres such as Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man…
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Selecting the right bank to enhance investments, privacy and financial security.
As we move closer to a global economy, there is a trend among smaller, less economically developed countries to follow Switzerland’s lead to legislate measures to attract foreign investment money to their economy. As a result new financial opportunities are opening to those who are willing to take advantage of them. The global economy is…