Brooks Macdonald promotes Matthew Wintour to head of int’l distribution
This is a newly created role at the wealth manager
This is a newly created role at the wealth manager
Jersey, Guernsey, the Isle of Man and have been ‘working closely’ with the UK
Anti-money laundering regulation sparked more stringent client processes
A separate legislative proposal will be introduced to include trusts and mutual funds
No reprieve for crown dependencies and overseas territories despite removal from EU tax haven greylist
Jersey, Guernsey and Isle of Man do not want to see UK ‘breach’ rules of consent on domestic matters
British parliament trying to force jurisdictions to create open beneficial ownership registers
One year after the deadline, most European Union member states have failed to implement Brussel’s 4th Anti-Money Laundering directive.
Tense talks are being held this week in London as leaders of British Overseas Territories (BOTs) try to persuade the UK Government to reverse its decision to impose public registers of beneficial ownership.
The Isle of Man was ready to “vigorously challenge” the UK Government if it imposed a public register of beneficial owners on the crown dependency, its chief minister Howard Quayle has revealed.
The UK has imposed public company registers on its overseas territories to create transparency and prevent “financial skulduggery”, but an international tax expert says, if people want privacy, they will just move to jurisdictions that still offers it.
It has been revealed that crown dependency representatives flew to London to meet with UK Government officials in a last ditch effort to have an amendment withdrawn that would have imposed public ownership registers on the jurisdictions.