Trust and company service providers (TCSPs) are involved in a wide range of services and activities for their clients. These services include: acting as a director or secretary of a company or similar position, providing a registered office or business address for a company, acting as trustees of an express trusts, among others. Not all […]

Billions of pounds of corruptly gained money has been laundered by criminals and foreign officials buying upmarket London properties through anonymous offshore front companies – making the city arguably the world capital of money laundering. Some 36,342 properties in London have been bought through hidden companies in offshore havens and while a majority of those […]

High standards of regulation and quality of governance oversight are the key drivers behind a marked rise in the number of Foundation structures being formed in Jersey as the structure marked its fifth anniversary last month, according to Jersey Finance. Figures collated by Jersey Finance show that the number of Jersey Foundations established in the […]

THE  number of Foundation structures registered in Jersey has broken through the 200 barrier, fewer than four years since their introduction. Over 200 Foundations have now been registered with the Jersey Financial Services Commission Registry since 17 July 2009, when Jersey’s Foundations Law came into force. Jersey was the first British Crown Dependency to offer […]