Diversification of Gibraltar’s insurance industry, with an emphasis on European expansion, forms part of an ambitious plan to further grow the sector as a major constituent of the jurisdiction’s finance centre Gibraltar’s insurance sector has seen huge success in recent…
By Daniel Pitaluga, Wealth Manager, Abacus Financial Services One of my fondest childhood memories is listening to my grandmother repeat the same personal financial advice every time she gave me a few pounds: “don’t spend it all in one go.”…
Higher costs fail to deter company formation and use of trusts Updating company and trust laws this year has given a new lease of life and potential new business lines for Gibraltar’s trust and company service providers against the background…
The major constituents of Gibraltar’s economy – offshore work, financial services, and e-commerce – are continuing to grow, increasingly there is demand for sophisticated legal skills and services, and greater competition Gibraltar is said to have the world’s largest legal…
by Eric Verleyen Societe Generale Private Banking Hambros (SGPBH) Chief Investment Officer In general, 2013 was clearly a great year for equities and risky assets. The so-called “fall of safe havens” fully unfolded early in the year when US and…
Joey Garcia is a financial services Partner at ISOLAS law firm and chairman of the Gibraltar Funds and Investments Association (GFIA) Insurance Linked Securities (ILS) have been proven to be one of the most successful manifestations of the convergence of…
Gibraltar’s unique passport for EU access to the UK By Valerie Holliday and James Lasry, Financial Services Partners, Hassans International Law Firm The financial services industries including banking, insurance, investment and fund management, have always played an important…
By Jonathan Garcia, Partner, ISOLAS LLP When FTX collapsed in November 2022 it shook the entire digital assets ecosystem; currency values plunged, and consumers, institutions, and regulators panicked. The entire industry was dominated by fear and shock. For one of…
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…
As part of the 25 years celebrations, we look back at the insurance industry over the same period, by David Coupe, InsureLaw and Yvonne Chu, Hassans International Law Firm Gibraltar’s insurance sector was in its infancy. The regulatory framework was…
