Adult supervision
Friday, December 19th, 2008Barack Obama has blamed the Bush administration’s laissez-faire philosophy for allowing excessive risk and corruption at the highest echelons of finance, saying: The American people
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for December 17th
Thursday, December 18th, 2008These are my links for December 17th: Eleven angry States Members may set up ‘shadow cabinet’ » News » This Is Jersey – Good news
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Sark - epitomising the degradation of governance in the Crown Dependencies
Monday, December 15th, 2008It’s been fascinating to read the acreage of newsprint about the Barclay brother’s tantrums on Sark. And it’s been good to note that most note
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Hedge funds have to be regulated and transparent, or be put out of business
Sunday, December 14th, 2008Almost all hedge funds are incorporated offshore. Indeed, the UK’s FSA has said that it would not know what to do if one sought to
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Boris' Tory Tax Haven
Friday, December 12th, 2008Boris Johnson has issued a new report on the future of London as a finance centre. I assume this is pretty much what the Conservatives
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The reality of offshore life
Friday, December 12th, 2008The BBC has reported (although I have edited): The billionaire Barclay brothers are closing businesses in Sark, with the loss of about 100 jobs –
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My del.icio.us bookmarks for December 11th
Friday, December 12th, 2008These are my links for December 11th: Pope attacks offshore finance » Business » This Is Jersey – Terry Le Sueur, the new chief minister
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An Open Letter to Bob Key, the Dean of Jersey
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008The following is from the TJN web site, but so important I reproduce it here. I have discussed this issue with John Christensen since as
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What are the tax havens ashamed of?
Wednesday, December 3rd, 2008I was at a session in he EU Parliament on the proposed reform of the EU Savings Tax Directive, speaking as an expert witness to
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