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The International Financial Centres' Yearbook - IFC Yearbook - is a comprehensive guide to international financial centres (IFCs) specialising in the diverse area of 'offshore' finance. This essential reference book and point of contact for the 'offshore' practitioner features 'at-a-glance' guides to over 35 international finance centres across the globe providing vital information for the practitioner wishing to 'move a client offshore'. Information provided for each guide includes general information such as the centre's expertise, tax and duty percentages, trust regulations, company incorporation details such as fees and timescale, director requirements, and mobility provisions.
There are also more in-depth guides to those centres with a bit more to say including : Anguilla, Antigua & Barbuda, Bahrain, Barbados, Belize, British Virgin Islands, Brunei Darussalam, Cayman Islands, Dubai, Liechtenstein, Madeira, Nevis, and the new Islamic finance centre of Qatar. Contributed by the Co-publishers to the book, these in-depth guides specifically deal with ways in which those centres are adapting to changes within the industry and remaining competitive in a most challenging environment. Recent legislation, initiatives and developments are concentrated on, providing the most up-to-date information about each centres movements. Leading industry figures provide comment and discussion on current issues affecting the IFCs in the introduction to the book.
In addition to the quality editorial the IFC Yearbook doubles as a comprehensive source of contacts to the financial and legal services and regulatory arms of the industry on a global scale - a directory of over 1000 contacts from IFC services and the official bodies of the centres is included at the back of the book.
Table of Contents:
FOREWORD
By Colin Powell, CBE
Chairman of the Jersey Financial Services Commission and Chairman of the Offshore Group of Banking Supervisors
INTRODUCTION
Tax planning and corporate services for internationally operating companies
Changing times in offshore investing
The role of the international trustee: More important than ever
Financial planning in the UK – a changing market
China – behind the Bamboo Curtain
Challenges and opportunities for the Offshore/International Financial Centres
Switzerland and Trusts: Will Switzerland become the worlds’ new premier trust administration centre?
The future is here – it’s just not widely distributed yet
GUIDES TO IFCs
Anguilla - In-depth guide
Antigua and Barbuda - In-depth guide
Aruba
Bahamas
Bahrain - In-depth guide
Barbados - In-depth guide
Belize - In-depth guide
The British Virgin Islands - In-depth guide
Brunei Darussalam - In-depth guide
Cayman Islands - In-depth guide
Cook Islands
Cyprus
Dubai - In-depth guide
Gibraltar
Guernsey
Hong Kong
Isle of Man
Jersey
Labuan
Liechtenstein - In-depth guide
Madeira - In-depth guide
Maldives
Marshall Islands
Mauritius
Monaco
Montserrat
Netherlands
Netherlands Antilles
Nevis - In-depth guide
Niue
Panama
Puerto Rico
Qatar - In-depth guide
St Lucia
St Vincent & The Grenadines
Samoa
IFC YEARBOOK DIRECTORY OF IFC Services & Official Bodies
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