In today’s issue: Why Malta is becoming a magnet for family offices and internationally mobile wealth – Malta update 2026. Citywealth Leaders List: Top 10 Malta Private Client Professionals 2026. Citywealth Crypto Editorial Board: Stablecoins, Private Credit and Offshore Competition Shape Next Phase of Digital Assets. Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview: Phil Clayton, HaysMac, Álvaro Aznar Azcárate, Birketts and Liz Field, PIMFA. Citywealth Quick Insight Series on UHNW Family Dynamics Trends: Matthew Fleming, Corient. Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Tax Trends: Hayley Ives and Jennifer McNally, Crowe. Citywealth IFC Awards SUBMISSION OPEN – deadline 3rd July. Invitation: Caribbean-British lifestyle brand pop-up at Canary Wharf. Yorkshire Inclusion in Finance launches Elevate: a leadership programme. Sculpture Park Unveils. Citywealth Leaders List and Membership Spotlight. |
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Why Malta is becoming a magnet for family offices and internationally mobile wealth – Malta update 2026 |
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When senior advisers from London, Milan and major international firms begin talking enthusiastically about the same jurisdiction, it is worth paying attention. Increasingly, that jurisdiction is Malta. Long recognised as an international business centre in the heart of the Mediterranean, Malta is now attracting growing interest from family office executives, tax specialists and private wealth advisers. More strikingly, some of the professionals making the case are choosing to relocate there themselves. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List: Top 10 Malta Private Client Professionals 2026 |
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| As Malta’s profile continues to rise among internationally mobile wealthy families, the jurisdiction is attracting increasing attention from some of the most respected advisers in the private client sector. This feature brings together insights from leading practitioners across legal, tax, trust, family office, and corporate services disciplines, many of whom are seeing firsthand the growing demand for Maltese structures from clients across Europe, the UK, the Gulf, and the United States. Read more → |
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Citywealth Crypto Editorial Board: Stablecoins, Private Credit and Offshore Competition Shape Next Phase of Digital Assets |
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| Stablecoins, private credit and tokenised financial infrastructure are emerging as the dominant themes across digital asset markets as institutional capital continues to move on-chain and jurisdictions compete to attract businesses facing an increasingly complex regulatory environment. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Phil Clayton, HaysMac |
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| I’m a Partner in the Private Client team at Hays Mac LLP specialising in entrepreneurial wealth and business disposals. I focus on the personal tax implications of transactions, supporting clients through the lifecycle of their businesses. I also focus on the sports and entertainment sector, advising athletes and talent on the tax aspects of their complex arrangements. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Álvaro Aznar Azcárate, Birketts |
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| I am a partner in the International Private Client team at Birketts. The team advises clients on international estate planning and cross border estate administration, in addition we have Sharia law and Spanish law desks. I am qualified as a Solicitor (England and Wales) and a Spanish lawyer (abogado) so I advise clients in both legal systems. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Liz Field, PIMFA |
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| I am CEO of the Trade Association for wealth management, financial advice and planning – PIMFA. This basically means we horizon scan for challenges for the industry, whether that is regulation, policy or otherwise and go into bat for them with the FCA, HMT, HMRC along with other government departments and other stakeholders such as Financial Ombudsman and Financial Services Compensation Scheme. Read more → |
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Citywealth Quick Insight Series on UHNW Family Dynamics Trends:Matthew Fleming, Corient |
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| The short answer is: with difficulty. But what helps is that I’m a fifth generation member of a seventh generation family myself, so I’m not scared of raising difficult issues – and I can raise them with some authenticity, because I’ve lived many of them. I’m not coming at this from the outside. Read more → |
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Citywealth Quick Insight Series on Tax Trends:Hayley Ives and Jennifer McNally, Crowe |
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| Across the UK and internationally, digital tools, advanced data analytics and artificial intelligence are reshaping how compliance risks are identified, prioritised and pursued. Today, authorities such as HMRC are deploying increasingly sophisticated analytics to identify potential non compliance earlier and more precisely. Read more → |
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Citywealth IFC Awards SUBMISSION OPEN – deadline 3rd July |
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| Nomination / Industry peers or Express submission (FREE, including limited information) or the Complete Submission. Now in their twentieth year, the Citywealth International Financial Centre Awards were established to highlight the excellence of the advisers and managers in the private wealth sector in the major international financial centres. Read more → |
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| Invitation: Caribbean-British lifestyle brand pop-up at Canary Wharf
ANNUM by TRÈFLE, the Caribbean-British exhibition-style showcase. Read more → |
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| Inclusion in Finance launches Elevate: a leadership programme
New executive-readiness programme aims at the senior leadership level. Read more → |
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| Yorkshire Sculpture Park Unveils
Works by Contemporary Indigenous North American Artists from Tia Collection. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List spotlightThe Citywealth Leaders List is a user rating directory of the leading individuals in international private client and wealth management. The Leaders List hosts our Top Lists – independent curations of the best professionals in their fields. See below a spotlight on a few of the stellar individuals that make up our directory. |
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| Hema Anand, Partner, Head Private Real Estate, Broadfield View her profile here. |
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| Thomas Quinn, Managing Director, David James Wealth View his profile here.
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| Elliott Phillips, Partner, Signature Litigation View his profile here. |
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Citywealth Membership spotlight |
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| Boyes Turner is a leading UK law firm that works with some of the largest and most successful UK & European businesses as well private clients. |
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Citywealth MembershipJoining Citywealth is more than a membership, it’s a strategic investment in your professional future. Apply today to unlock a world of opportunity, influence, and insight.
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