George Osborne’s non-doms tax plan excludes offshore trusts
By Vanessa Houlder From FT George Osborne’s plans to tighten tax rules for wealthy foreigners living in Britain will leave many offshore trusts outside the UK tax net, according to proposals published on Wednesday. The Treasury’s consultation on “carefully targeted”…
Antigua, South Africa pledge closer ties
By Nelson A. King From Caribbean Life The Prime Minister of Antigua and Barbuda Gaston Browne and the President of South Africa Jacob Zuma have pledged to establish closer cooperation between the two nations, according to an Antigua and Barbuda…
Mobile operator starts blocking ads on its networks in the Caribbean
By Abigail Davies | Insights From ClickZ UK The mobile phone network provider Digicel, owned by Irish billionaire Denis O’Brien, is deploying ad control technology at the network level on its networks across the globe. The company is calling for…
Friends Provident International to exit UK offshore bond market
By Sam Brodbeck From Fund Web Aviva-owned Friends Provident International is to withdraw from the UK offshore bond market as part of a restructure that will see the business move within Aviva Asia. FPI chief executive Adrian Emery says the…
Plans to overhaul global tax system to be published
By Colm Keena From The Irish Times OECD report will contain major challenges and opportunities for Ireland The changes to global tax rules are considered by Irish tax experts and policymakers to contain both threats and potential advantages for Ireland….
Swaraj meets Caribbean, Latin American ministers to push for UNSC reform
From daijiworld New York, Oct 1 (IANS): External Affairs Minister Sushma Swaraj met with two groups of Caribbean and Latin American foreign ministers Wednesday as part of India’s campaign to win support for Security Council reform. At the meeting with…
The View from Europe: Europe to consider future of ACP relationship
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now In a matter of days, the European Commission will launch a communication (policy paper) on the options for post-Cotonou arrangements with the ACP; the grouping that brings together 79 African, Caribbean and Pacific…
We Jamaicans can’t blame our entire malaise on the evil white bogeyman
By André Wright From The Guardian UK Whatever David Cameron’s motives for the repatriation scheme, our prisons are a disgrace – and the whining of the reparations lobby masks the screw-ups of our own governments Given that black Jamaicans were…
Lamborghini’s Huracán Spyder
Lamborghini’s Huracán Spyder is the cure for arachnophobia By Nick Jaynes From Mashable It’s a nippy 56 degrees Fahrenheit at the Frankfurt Auto Show — hardly convertible weather. Despite that, though, Italian supercar-maker Lamborghini is putting its hot-blooded bona fides…
New SwissLeaks analysis reveals how tax haven secrecy harms developing countries
30 September 2015 -New, detailed examination of the SwissLeaks files by Christian Aid working with the US-based Financial Transparency Coalition (FTC) graphically reveals the harm tax haven secrecy does to the economies of developing countries. The SwissLeaks scandal involves thousands…
