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…
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…
Principles Based Regulation – Raising the Glass Ceiling on the Blockchain Industry By Nick Cowan, CEO, Gibraltar Blockchain Exchange (GBX) Despite the downturn in the cryptocurrency market, the global blockchain landscape continues to build momentum, illustrated by…
The OECD advance group of 44 countries and territories, including the UK, Spain, Portugal and Gibraltar, is adopting “an ambitious but realistic timetable” to implement common reporting standards for the automatic exchange of tax information The first annual exchange of…
GibSams launches GibSilver. The Peter J Isola Foundation and Kusuma Trust Gibraltar have together pledged £80,000 over the next two years matching a similar contribution from HMGOG to support the launch and ongoing service of GibSilver, a new initiative by…
EU uncertainty tempers overseas economic successes 2014 proved to be a significant year for expansion of Gibraltar’s overseas representation politically and for business development, but this year is likely to play an even more critical role James Lasry, Chairman of…
By David Coupe, InsureLaw Consultants Limited T he UK insurance sector complains about costly, burdensome and unnecessary regulation, and unresponsive and slow regulators. The UK market is recovering from significant claims and suffering inflationary times, and raising more capital is…
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…
Gibraltar International Bank (GIB), being launched by the government to provide competition and facilities in the wake of closure of a local high street bank, has been provided with £25m initial capital. That implies GIB has potential to lend £160m…
Gibraltar’s bid to capture a significant share of the expanding $US 7.5bn a year world market in Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) has been given a real boost, with news that a stock exchange is to be established and the arrival…
