By Stuart Dalmedo, Senior Associate, Isolas In late 2020 a Bill to repeal and re-enact with amendments and modifications the Fair Trading Act 2015 (the Act) was published. The Fair Trading Bill 2020 (the Bill) introduces a series of important…
Property outlook 2021 By Louis C. Montegriffo, Managing Director, BMI Group Ltd This year began with further lockdowns but we hoped and expected that this was the last curve on this winding road, for Gibraltar at least. What…
Property outlook 2020 By Louis C. Montegriffo Managing Director, BMI Group It is clear that our way of life, how we interact and how we do our business will not just be impacted for the short term but…
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…
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…
