The coming extension of the online UK Trust Registration Service (TRS) to cover express trusts without any tax consequences, under the EU Fifth Anti-Money Laundering Directive (5AMLD), is likely to extend the number of registrable trusts from around 200,000 to as many as two million, according to the Association of Taxation Technicians (ATT). The service...Read More

Tax evasion: blacklist of 21 countries with ‘golden passport’ schemes published   A blacklist of 21 countries whose so-called “golden passport” schemes threaten international efforts to combat tax evasion has been published by the west’s leading economic thinktank. Three European countries – Malta, Monaco and Cyprus – are among those nations flagged as operating high-risk...Read More

Crypto Fund wins first Swiss crypto asset management licence   The Swiss financial regulator has issued the country’s first cryptocurrency asset management licence, allowing Crypto Fund to offer services to institutional clients in the blockchain-based asset class. The Zug-headquartered company had earlier this year been granted limited freedom to distribute offshore-based cryptocurrency funds by the...Read More

Switzerland, the first authorised FINMA crypto fund is here It is called Crypto Fund and it has been licensed as an asset management tool by the FINMA, the financial market regulator in Switzerland. To date, it is the country’s first duly authorised crypto asset manager, on par with other traditional fund managers in Switzerland. The...Read More

Exchange of information begins in Panama   Panama has commenced its automatic exchange of information (AEOI) reporting in order to meet OECD global standards, the government has announced. The country will be exchanging information with 31 countries. The first exchange happened on September 28, with the country proving 660 reports from 337 jurisdictions just two...Read More