Tax & Trust
Crisis? What Crisis?
These are trying times for investors, but take the longer-term view and suddenly things don’t seem quite so bad, says Guy Monson
Haven on Earth
Andorra, Bahamas, Cyprus... as Europe’s politicians target the super-wealthy, William Cash and Josh Spero offer an ABC to the world’s best global tax-relief hotspots.
Theme And Variations
If you’re getting divorced and your husband’s offshore trusts are part of the settlement, then brace yourself for a messy legal experience, says Anna Worwood.
Put It Another Way
Traders have more options to option these day - and it seems to be giving some of them a false sense of security, says Rob Cox.
Bang Out Of Order
Right now the global financial system is dangerously unbalanced - but help appears to be on the way, says Guy Monson
Caught in the Double Act
Albert Hsu’s fall from grace was swift. The high-profile hedge fund manager returned to his mansion in toney New Cannan, Connecticut, one chilly Friday in March, was handcuffed and carted off to jail, where he has been held ever since on charges of attempted kidnapping and sexual assault.
Dollar Signs
Keep an eye on volatility in America, but don’t panic - global equities are still rocketing through the roof, says Guy Monson.
To Dom, or Not to Dom? Go!
With Non-Doms now facing a 30k tax bill for living in the UK, Spear’s looks at reasons for splitting London, and also for staying.
Foreign residents in London face crippling bills from New Labour’s neo-communist powers, says an anonymous Swiss hedge fund figure who has had enough of the UK Nanny State.
To Dom, or Not to Dom? Stay!
With Non-Doms now facing a 30k tax bill for living in the UK, Spear’s looks at reasons for splitting London, and also for staying.
Davina Hay celebrates cosmopolitan London - the new playground of the western world and a bubbling melting-pot for the global super-rich.
Take Two
Who said there are no second acts in American lives? Deirdre Brennan meets comeback king Victor Niederhoffer.
Unbillable Hours
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Q
I have been reading in the press recently that if you are not a UK citizen it is going to become more difficult to divorce in the UK. Is this true?
A
It is a fact that in recent years there has been an increase in ‘forum shopping’ divorces and London has been described as the divorce capital of the world.
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