Month: October 2017
The winding journey of client affairs
Paul Davidoff, partner at Moon Bever, tells Citywealth about his client instructions, challenges posed by cryptocurrencies, and his bike riding.
read moreUK Gov revisits sukuk to continue Islamic Finance growth
Brexit will bring many changes to the legal sector which will have an impact on the Islamic finance industry. However, there is also an upside.
read moreNew wealth: tech innovation and…dinosaurs
Despite Trump, Brexit and British politicians taking a few right hooks to the chin, the clear message arriving at Citywealth HQ is that the private client industry has had a high growth year. This is confirmed by company accounts and by the voracious appetite to hire.
read moreFresh eyes on the Isle of Man
With a personal tax liability cap of £125,000 per year, a top rate of personal tax of twenty percent, and no capital gains or inheritance tax, the Isle of Man’s Department of Economic Development is working hard to attract more businesses and UHNWs to its shores.
read moreLondon becomes go-to advice hub for global UHNW clients
Salpy Kouyoumjian, partner at Boodle Hatfield, tells Citywealth about her work, trends in sharia-compliant wealth structuring in the UK and offers positive Brexit thoughts.
read moreKeeping onside with the taxman
David Kilshaw, tax partner and head of the family office practice at EY, tells Citywealth about winning a heavyweight boxing champion as a client, trends in the trust sector, and his football club.
read moreKey hires as Jersey and Guernsey exploit growth markets
Despite political challenges, and the ever-increasing burden of regulation, the news from Jersey and Guernsey shows strong growth as they maintain their positions as leading centres of international private wealth.
read moreHMRC payment tactics move up a gear
Robert Macro, partner and head of the international wealth and fiduciary team, Druces tells Citywealth about his recent client case involving HMRC penalties, his concerns about overly complicated regulation, and future trends he sees in the private client industry.
read moreDivorce trends? Financial settlement “top ups…”
Women were now the main breadwinner in forty-one percent of homes in the UK with men stating they were happy to be ‘house husbands. As women take the helm of their personal wealth, Citywealth wondered what this meant in terms of changing trends for settlements and the ‘divorce industry.’
read moreReputational risk of philanthropic giving
The charities with which you align yourself can be hugely revealing about you and your values, and it’s important to consider this in line with public perception. So, what to do?
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