Plan B for Jersey
Sunday, July 4th, 2010Jersey is in a profound mess. Its finance industry is failing, with funds under management rapidly leaving the island and the profits of its finance
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Despite the gloom there is hope in Jersey
Thursday, July 1st, 2010My friend Pat Lucas in Jersey has been at it again, writing an excellent letter to the Jersey Evening Post today: WHEN I look at
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Jersey drops ever lower into the black hole
Thursday, July 1st, 2010As the Jersey Evening Post reports: FINANCE industry profits halved last year to their lowest level since records began, according to official figures released today.
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Tax bombshell – VAT up, higher rate tax rises and NIC up
Monday, June 21st, 2010Ok — that’s not the UK. That’s what is forecast for Jersey as the inevitable consequence of the fact that — as I’ve been saying
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Secrecy jurisdictions: the end is foreseeable
Tuesday, June 15th, 2010As Dow Jones reports via the Wall Street Journal: Standard & Poor’s Ratings Services lowered its ratings on Andorra, citing the high and rising level
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In praise of Jersey
Sunday, June 13th, 2010I mean that. We had Jersey Royals for supper tonight — as my wife told me after I’d praised them! So I thought I should
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Brazil names tax havens – 74 of them
Wednesday, June 9th, 2010Brazil’s ministry of finance has published a list of jurisdictions or dependencies that we would call secrecy jurisdictions. The accompanying press release notes that Brazil
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Jersey must not shift the burden of EU compliance onto its poor
Tuesday, June 8th, 2010There was a great letter inn the jersey Evening Post yesterday from my friend Pat Lucas. It said: THE JEP (1 June) reports that Jersey
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Co-op launch first pre-paid currency card in Jersey
Saturday, June 5th, 2010Co-op launch first pre-paid currency card » Business » This Is Jersey. As the Jersey Evening Post reports: THE first pre-paid payment card to be
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