Gibraltar Private Foundations legislation a significant addition By Paul Astengo, Senior Executive, Gibraltar Finance and Adrian Pilcher, Partner, Isolas In March, Albert Isola, Minister for Commerce, presented a Bill in the Gibraltar Parliament that would allow for the creation of…
Newcomers confounding Brexit uncertainty as focus intensifies on solvency compliance Efforts to attract new insurance business are starting to reap dividends with Gibraltar acting as a gateway to the UK, Ray Spencer finds, and the Regulator is focusing on…
Revamped regulation of Gibraltar funds By Jay Gomez, Senior Associate and Javi Triay, Associate,Triay & Triay Financial Services Team It has now been just over a year since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. The…
Gibraltar’s New Pension Regime An Overview by Marcus Killick, CEO, Isolas The beginning of April saw the long awaited introduction of a licensing and regulatory regime for personal pension providers in Gibraltar. An effective supervisory regime in this area had…
Laws to safeguard cross border access for workers, as more firms move in “Unequivocal support” for the eGaming sector has helped to encourage more on-line eGaming and financial services firms to relocate to Gibraltar since the UK’s vote to leave…
Private bank customers get digital as tax disclosure becomes automatic The British overseas territory’s private banking sector goes back more than 160 years and today is developing new areas of operation, writes Ray Spencer in the second part of a…
Fintech: revolutionary innovation in financial services Unless you’ve been living in a cave, you’d have heard the phrase “FinTech”. It’s a term often banded about, but despite being in vogue, its exact meaning is lost on many, Richard Bowry, Senior…
An understanding watchdog makes for a ‘go-to’ place for new Fintech business Use of virtual currencies and the blockchain to ease and make more secure a raft of financial services and other applications is expected to be given a boost…
Digital era growth to balance reduced cash handling In the first of a two-part report on progress of the jurisdiction’s banking sector, Ray Spencer finds availability of mortgages and to some extent other business finance has improved with the arrival…
The rise of the FinTech industry By Alison Daun, Global Currency Exchange Network (GCEN) Risk aversion in global banking continues to send shockwaves throughout the industry, the most obvious consequence being the closure of banks. In the past year alone,…
