It’s not only Jersey that’s lacking a Plan B
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010As some readers will know, I have written a document that I call Plan B for Jersey. They have, of course, rejected it, preferring their
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Geoff Cook writes…
Wednesday, November 10th, 2010Geoff Cook of Jersey Finance wrote two comments on the blog yesterday, wanting to set the record straight on some things — such as the
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Offshore finance argues for the annihilation of Jersey
Monday, November 8th, 2010I spoke at a meeting of the Centre for the Study of Financial Innovation last week. It was a pretty unpleasant experience, surrounded by those
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So what is the status of the Crown Dependencies?
Thursday, November 4th, 2010There is much heated debate on this blog, quite often, about the true status of the Crown Dependencies. I argue that they are just that
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How to rank Jersey
Thursday, November 4th, 2010I published the executive summary of a draft of the OECD Peer Review of Jersey’s preparedness for tax information exchange on Tuesday. I did so
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Draft OECD report says Jersey “could do better”
Tuesday, November 2nd, 2010During the debate on the future of secrecy jurisdictions at the Centre for the Study for Financial Innovation today Geoff Cook of Jersey Finance (who
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Jersey delivers on our promise
Friday, October 22nd, 2010Several years ago when Jersey introduced it’s Goods and Services Tax John Christensen of the Tax Justice Network and I speculated on the rate that
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Jersey’s not a tax haven – no of course it isn’t
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010Repeat after me: Jersey’s not a tax haven Jersey’s not a tax haven Jersey’s not a tax haven‚Ķ‚Ķ Which is why the Jersey Evening Post
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They’re hot under the collar in Cayman
Wednesday, October 20th, 2010They love John Christensen and me down in Cayman. They’ve issued a press release that is so absurd I thought I’d reproduce it in full.
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