by Jane | Apr 15, 2015 | Offshore News
Beginning earlier this year, New Zealand authorities have been scrutinising foreign exchange currency trading firms, especially new applications. New Zealand had been one of the best offshore jurisdictions for opening FOREX brokerage firms and accounts, with low...
by Jane | Mar 15, 2015 | Offshore News
The founders and shareholders of offshore companies are increasingly faced with bank regulations and international laws that make opening and running such companies more and more difficult. Say you open a Belize offshore company or offshore corporation, taking...
by Jane | Feb 15, 2015 | Offshore News
The international financial climate continues to be chaotic. Geopolitics are wreaking havoc upon Ukraine’s economy and, to a lesser extent, the rest of the former Soviet states. China’s growth is crashing into a wall of reality. And of course, the euro...
by Jane | Feb 15, 2015 | Offshore News
The quote above is from a none-too-shy but almost-always-right financial source on the ground in Madrid, Spain. The new populist regime in Greece, elected last month, means that the odds of Greece leaving the Euro (already high in the long-term) just got a lot shorter...
by Jane | Dec 1, 2014 | Offshore News
As we near the end of the year, more than a dozen large U.S. companies have initiated plans to move their headquarters overseas. The reason: lower corporate tax rates and a welcoming environment to international business companies (IBCs). The destinations: places like...
by Jane | Oct 5, 2014 | Offshore News
You may have heard about increasingly intrusive laws against so-called tax evasion, especially in the West. One of the most prominent of these laws is known as the “automatic exchange of information.” Automatic exchange of information is a legal device in...
