Guernsey cosies up to Trump
Guernsey chief minister, Gavin St Pier, has written to the US ambassador to the UK asking him to extend the island’s congratulations to Donald Trump on his election win.
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Zero corporation tax does not ‘make’ a tax haven: EU ministers
Jurisdictions that offer zero rates of corporation tax, such as Jersey and Guernsey, may not automatically be considered tax havens, EU finance ministers have said.
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UK fights to keep crown dependencies off EU tax haven blacklist
The UK government is fighting to keep Guernsey, Jersey and other British overseas territories off the EU’s planned blacklist of offshore tax havens.
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Further charges levied against Lumiere Wealth’s Chris Byrne
The founder and managing director of defunct Jersey-based IFA firm Lumiere Wealth, Christopher Byrne, is facing further charges relating to making false promises to persuade someone to invest.
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Crown dependencies set out their stall in Brexit talks
Chief ministers of Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have held the first in a series of meetings with the UK government aimed at setting out their interests in the Brexit negotiations with the European Union.
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Credit Suisse sets up wealth mgmt firm in Channel Islands
With Credit Suisse ending direct client coverage out of the Channel Islands, the Swiss bank has set up a wealth management firm with local financial service provider Stenham Group, that will act as an external asset manager (EAM) for the bank regionally and elsewhere.
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Lumiere Wealth MD arrested ‘in connection with’ JFSC probe
Christopher Byrne, the founder and managing director of Jersey-based IFA firm Lumiere Wealth, has been arrested in connection with the firm’s ties to the Guernsey-registered Providence funds.
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Guernsey regulator fines Louvre Fund and two directors
Guernsey-based Louvre Fund Services and two of its executive directors have been fined under the island’s protection of investors law.
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Jersey, Guernsey and US regulators target Providence Global
The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) is working closely with its Guernsey counterpart and in parallel with US regulators against wound-up financial services firm Providence Global.
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US bankruptcy court hears of Providence problems
A US bankruptcy court hearing into Providence Financial Investments, the Miami-based parent of Providence Global which was wound up in Guernsey last month, was told by the firm’s chief restructuring officer, who examined the books, that “nothing in this company is working”.
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Guernsey’s Providence fund ordered to be wound up
The Royal Court of Guernsey has ordered the winding up of Providence Global Ltd, the parent company of locally registered Providence Investments Funds and its manager Providence Investment Management International.
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Guernsey’s Providence fund goes into administration
The Royal Court of Guernsey has appointed Deloitte as administration managers to Providence Investment Funds and its manager Providence Investment Management International Ltd (Pimil) after all of the directors of both companies resigned last week.