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Property outlook & market update 2018/19

Property outlook & market update 2018/19   2017 was a hugely successful year for high and mid-range end sales in Gibraltar. Louis C. Montegriffo, Managing Director, BMI group, reports on the future property outlook   Gibraltar experienced an unprecedented and unexpected…

Brexit: An update of the issues

Brexit: An update of the issues  By Steve Quinn, Managing Director, Artex Risk Solutions (Gibraltar) Limited The biggest danger following the United Kingdom (UK) and Gibraltar’s departure from the European Union (EU) for any insurance company or intermediary is a…

Gibraltar: A safe haven for crypto funds

Gibraltar: A safe haven for crypto funds   By James Lasry, Chairman, GFIA and Head of Funds at Hassans, advising a range of international groups on fund structuring, as well as assisting with fund-related disputes   Gibraltar is now considered…

Gibraltar Tames the Wild West

  Gibraltar Tames the Wild West   By Daniel Pitaluga, Senior Associate at Abacus Financial Services Ltd   What started out in January 2017 as another ordinary year, in the aftermath of a unpredictable 2016 which saw Donald Trump elected…

3,000 home property boom targets local families and cross-border workforce

3,000 home property boom targets local families and cross-border workforce After several years of pent-up demand from a growing workforce and increasingly affluent population, Ray Spencer, in this first of a two-part Gibraltar property report, considers whether current house building…

UK property ‘levelling the playing field’

UK property ‘levelling the playing field’ By Lynette Chaudhary, International Tax & Research Director, STM Fiscalis Ltd For UK property investors, changes have been proposed in UK Government consultation documents, which seek to extend the UK’s grip on the taxation…

Revolutionary changes coincide with caution over ‘disruptive’ technology

Revolutionary changes coincide with caution over ‘disruptive’ technology Gibraltar’s lawyers are witnessing the greatest professional changes in 50 years after a comprehensive overhaul of legal services regulation that will bring greater transparency and openness to their practices, reports Ray Spencer…

Broadband competition – phenomenally good for business

    Broadband competition – phenomenally good for business     Gibraltar’s three broadband suppliers, each with a separate infrastructure, is “phenomenally good” for business and consumers with lower prices, faster speeds and wider services     The dominant supplier,…