In today’s issue: Freeports, tax and risk: what’s changing in the art market. Citywealth Leaders List Released: Top 30 Transatlantic Select: Advisors and Managers 2026. Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview: Joanne Morse, Summit Trust International, Stella Strati, Patrikios Legal, Dina Kapur Sanna, Day Pitney, Heledd Wyn, Rothley Law and Gerard F. Joyce, Perkins Coie, New York. Citywealth Quick Insight Series on IFC Trends – BVI: Christopher Simpson, O’Neal Webster. The Mayor Gallery and BorzoGallery at TEFAF Maastricht 2026. Nigeria to Launch $25 Million Outcomes Fund for Basic Education. The Decorative Fair: “A Perfect Potting Shed for Mr. McGregor”. Citywealth Leaders List spotlight. |
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Freeports, tax and risk: what’s changing in the art market |
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As new AML rules tighten oversight and geopolitical tensions disrupt global logistics, freeports remain central to the art market. From Geneva’s established dominance to Qatar’s emerging ambitions, their role is evolving within a more complex and closely scrutinised system. From Swiss vaults to US tax structures and Qatar’s new freeport, the system behind art storage is becoming more complex and more visible. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List Released:Top 30 Transatlantic Select: Advisors and Managers 2026 |
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| For US citizens abroad, the position is unusual. The United States taxes its citizens on their worldwide income regardless of where they live, meaning Americans resident in the UK must still meet extensive US reporting and tax obligations. At the same time, the UK system brings its own complexities, from the treatment of overseas income and gains to inheritance tax exposure and the evolving rules affecting internationally mobile residents. Read more →
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Article:Top 30 Transatlantic Select: Advisors and Managers 2026 |
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| Citywealth has launched its inaugural Top 30 Transatlantic Select: Advisors and Managers 2026, recognising leading professionals advising US-UK clients across law, tax and wealth management. Published alongside the Citywealth Forum 2026 in New York, the list reflects rising demand for cross-border expertise as more families and entrepreneurs operate internationally. The forum brings together industry leaders to discuss global wealth trends, investment strategy and governance, underscoring the growing complexity of transatlantic private wealth. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Joanne Morse, Summit Trust International |
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| I’m Deputy CEO of Summit Trust International SA in Switzerland. I work closely with our brilliant CEO, Stella, in leading the firm while also overseeing a number of significant and complex client relationships. It’s a role I love and find very rewarding, combining the challenge of helping drive the business forward with the privilege of working closely with our clients. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Stella Strati, Patrikios Legal |
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| I advise high-net-worth individuals and families on private wealth structuring, estate and succession planning. I also handle corporate and tax matters, as well as sanctions related advice. My role often involves coordinating with advisers across multiple jurisdictions to ensure clients’ structures are robust, efficient and aligned with their long-term objectives. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Dina Kapur Sanna, Day Pitney |
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| At Day Pitney, I serve as chair of the International Estate Planning Practice and as a partner in the firm’s New York office, where I advise global families on structuring and managing wealth across multiple jurisdictions. With nearly 30 years of experience, my practice focuses on complex cross-border estate and trust planning, including the U.S. tax treatment of foreign trusts, corporate anti-deferral regimes, and planning for high-net-worth individuals with international assets. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Heledd Wyn, Rothley Law |
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| I’m a solicitor and a partner in a boutique private client firm which means that I am entrusted with working with people at all stages of their lives and this can be some of the most distressing experiences they will have so it is a great privilege to sit alongside them and navigate the legal niceties. Read more → |
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Citywealth Leaders List, 60 seconds interview:Gerard F. Joyce, Perkins Coie, New York |
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| I am Senior Counsel at Perkins Coie based in their New York City office. I advise successful individuals, family offices and financial services firms on anything from sophisticated wealth/mobility planning for both domestic and global clients, advising family offices on matters on various places of their life cycle, to helping families or financial firms create a private or licensed trust company. Read more → |
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Citywealth Quick Insight Series on IFC Trends – BVI:Christopher Simpson, O’Neal Webster |
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| Christopher Simpson is head partner in O’Neal Webster’s Commercial Department. He’s based in the BVI office and advises a client base of leading financial institutions, corporations, corporate service providers, and law firms on all aspects of corporate finance, investment funds and regulatory matters. He has been on the BVI Finance Board of Directors since 2024. Read more → |
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| The Mayor Gallery and BorzoGallery at TEFAF Maastricht 2026
The joint booth brings together a focused selection of post-war. Read more → |
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| Nigeria to Launch $25 Million Outcomes Fund for Basic Education
Expanding access to quality basic education for children across Lagos State. Read more → |
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| The Decorative Fair: “A Perfect Potting Shed for Mr. McGregor”
Country Furniture & Garden Antiques in the Foyer Display. 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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| Marina Cristiani, Senior Director – Head of Client Solutions, JTC Group View her profile here. |
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| Saleem Sheikh, Senior Partner, Seddons GSC View his profile here.
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| Ineke Koele, Founder, Attorney at law, Koele Tax & Legal Perspecta View her profile here. |
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