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Big change for non-resident landlords

Non-resident landlords moving to corporation tax 6 April 2020 brought significant changes for non-resident landlords (NRLs) on UK property taxation with the transition from the income tax regime to he corporation tax (CT) regime. While ...

Isle of Man – A Safe Base for a Family Office

What is a Family Office? ‘Family office’ is a term that is now used extensively by a number of financial organisations including major banks, hedge funds, asset managers and others. In essence the term refers to the provision of ...

Boston Multi Family Office announces acquisition of IQE

Boston Multi Family Office has announced the acquisition of the international fiduciary services business IQE today 24 August 2020. The move is part of Boston’s long term growth strategy in the fiduciary services market and is the ...

Meet our Client Services Director Sarah Ingrassia

Please can you give us a brief overview of your career. I left school at 16 and joined a high street bank, I moved into the Private Bank and Trust division in the late 80s and discovered my geeky interest in all things fiduciary. I ...

Malta’s Ship Registry ranked in the top 20 white-listed Paris MOU Registries

The Malta Ship Registry has broken into the top 20 white-listed MOU Registries for the first time, being placed 17th on the white list. Each year a new White, Grey and Black list are published in the Paris MoU Annual Report. The ...

Yacht charter – one of the safest ways to enjoy a holiday this summer

Chartering a superyacht is often considered to be one of the safest ways to enjoy a holiday, so it’s no surprise that during the coronavirus pandemic we have seen celebrities choose to holiday onboard a yacht instead of other luxury ...

Celebration of Promotions and a Long Service Milestone

We are delighted to announce that we have recently celebrated two promotions and a long service milestone within our Isle of Man office. Receiving promotions were Samantha Wills and Callan Cooper who were promoted to Client Engagement ...

Isle of Man Team return to the office

On the 22nd March we took the decision to close all our offices due to the Covid 19 pandemic and all staff started working from home. To date the Isle of Man has had no confirmed cases of Covid for over a month now and as such lockdown ...

The Malta Individual Investor Programme is reaching its cap

The Malta Individual Investor Programme is reaching its cap and will only continue accepting applications for citizenship under the programme until the 30th of September 2020. What is the Malta Individual Investor Programme? Introduced ...

Digital Onboarding

Digital onboarding is something that many companies have had to adapt to over the last couple of months. But even prior to lockdown it was clear that clients are increasingly interacting with financial institutions digitally, through ...

The Role of a Private Trust Company

In general terms, a Private Trust Company (“PTC”) is a special purpose vehicle established to act as trustee of a family trust or several related trusts. The board of directors of the PTC controls it and as such can direct the ...

COVID-19: A time to reflect – and plan ahead

The COVID-19 pandemic that has swept across the world has taught us a lot of things. In particular, it has shown that you never know what life has in store or what’s around the corner. It has made many of us reflect on what’s important ...