Offshore Financial Services Guide 2005-06 Snapshot and description of 30 major offshore centres Diretory of offshore service providers Thought-provoking articles on leading issues.
Contents
Part 1 - Lead Stories (Cover to p. 34)
Terrorism clean-up opens opportunity for offshore centres (p. 1)
Uses and abuses of offshore finance (p. 2)
Child's guide to financial alphabet soup (p. 13)
WANTED: visionary architect to redesign world financial system (p. 15)
Well-regulated places grow faster says Jeffrey Owens (p. 19)
Why "offshore" is a dirty word for Hong Kong, the biggest offshore centre (p. 23)
It must be blue chip all the way for Frank Sixt (p. 27)
Treaty shopping produces bargains for Milton Grundy (p. 32)
Part 2 - Country profiles (p. 35 to 86)
Anguilla : modern multipurpose tax haven (p. 37)
Aruba : new fiscal regime (p. 41)
The Bahamas: forefather of Caribbean finance (p. 45)
Barbados : low tax and double tax deals (p. 51)
Belize : superior trust protection (p. 55)
Bermuda : global insurance leader (p. 59)
British Virgin Islands : popular corporate destination (p. 67)
Cayman Islands : fifth biggest banking centre (p. 73)
Cook Islands: timely location on the world's west (p. 79)
Cyprus : EU's lowest corporate tax rates (p. 83)
Part 3 - Country profiles (p. 87 to 134)
Guernsey : small island with top-tier punch (p. 87)
Hong Kong: global financial key to China (p. 93)
Ireland : English-speaking euro zone and low tax rates (p. 99)
Isle of Man : AAA rating with zero corporate tax (p. 105)
Jersey : 40-year international track record (p. 111)
Luxembourg : tax efficient regime at heart of Europe (p. 117)
Malaysia (Labuan): specialist in Islamic products (p. 123)
Marshall Islands: the best of UK and US laws (p. 127)
Mauritius : No distinction between offshore and onshore (p. 130)
Part 4 - Country profiles (p. 135 to 190)
Nevis : Delaware model with secrecy guarantees (p. 135)
Panama : Gateway to the New World (p. 139)
St Kitts : ambitious new entrant (p. 143)
St Vincent and the Grenadines : competitive pricing (p. 147)
Samoa : register a Hong Kong company yesterday (p. 151)
Seychelles : time zone between Asia and Europe (p. 155)
Singapore : international finance not tax haven (p. 159)
Switzerland : world leader for wealth management (p. 164)
Turks and Caicos Islands : low cost with new products (p. 171)
The United Kingdom : concentration of financial firepower (p. 175)
Vanuatu : from 'Pandemonium' to Pacific financial centre (p. 185)
Part 5 - Resources (p. 190 to 208)
Professional directory (p. 190)
Snap comparison chart (p. 200)
World map showing offshore centres (p. 206)
Index of advertisers (p. 208)