Economic Crisis news


Warning to investors of no end to global financial crisis

THE global economic crisis is not going to get any better – and investors face tough decisions about where to put their money, according to Collins Stewart Wealth Management.


Regulation invites arbitrage

THE calls for better and greater regulation following the economic crisis is creating an arena of arbitrage across financial centres, according to leading City lawyer Stuart Popham.


Euro review will put zero-10 under the microscope

A EUROPEAN review that will help dictate the future of corporate tax in the Channel Islands begins this week.


‘Tough economic times ahead’

ECONOMIC prospects for the Western world are ‘gloomy’, according to a panel of experts at the Channel Islands Stock Exchange International Business Summit.


Guernsey joins the top five

GUERNSEY is now one of the top five specialist financial centres in the world, according to global trade magazine The Banker.


Work together on tax haven tag – Swiss ambassador

GUERNSEY and Switzerland can work together to break down the perception they are tax havens, according to the Swiss ambassador to the UK.


Cash injections a good start but it’s not over yet

ACTING decisively with financial stimulus when the banking crisis hit will not be enough to stop the West experiencing a ‘lost decade’ of its own if it is not careful, according to British financier Guy Hands.


Decline in trades figures masks a buoyant market

THE number of trades carried out at the Channel Islands Stock Exchange fell by more than 100 million last year compared to 2008.


Tax agreement and office ‘put Jersey ahead in India’

JERSEY could be stealing a march on Guernsey in progressing market developments in India.


Return of the 100% mortgage

FIRST-TIME buyers might find it a little easier to get on the housing ladder today after Skipton International announced it was bring back the 100% mortgage.

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