Category: Finance & Business

Isle of Man finance and business news

The Future of IFCs – Geoff Cook, chief executive, Jersey Finance Limited

Jersey News, 12 March 2010 – The April 2009, G20 London Summit, was a seminal moment, when the whole world focused on Global Financial Stability, Banking Secrecy and Tax Havens. Almost a year on, these topics continue to feature in the news with the UK tentatively emerging from the longest recession since records began in [...]

IFM Trust Limited appoints Associate Director

Jersey News, 10 March 2010 – Sarah Jouhal has been appointed an Associate Director of IFM Trust Limited.
Sarah will continue to oversee the fiduciary company’s investment division and will also take responsibility for marketing and business development and IT strategy for the Group’s operations across Jersey, Switzerland, South Africa and New Zealand.
A fellow of the [...]

Jersey Returns to Dubai and Abu Dhabi to Highlight its Expertise and Relevance to Gulf Professionals

Jersey News, 10 March 2010 – Legal and finance professionals in Abu Dhabi and Dubai can discover more about the value of using Jersey for structuring transactions and for the management of private wealth at seminars next week.
Leading Jersey lawyers Raulin Amy from Ogier Jersey and Trevor Norman from Volaw will join Jersey Finance chief [...]

Alternative Funds Form Focus of Debate at Jersey London Funds Conference

Jersey News, 6 March 2010 – The progress of the EU draft Directive for Alternative Investment Funds Managers and the future of Jersey’s alternative fund industry will be at the centre of debate at Jersey Finance’s Funds Conference in London later this month.
The event, which will be held on Tuesday 30th March, has been organised [...]

ABN AMRO Private Bank and Les Mielles Tennis Club Celebrate a Second Year of Schools Tennis Programme

Jersey News, 5 March 2010 – Leading Jersey based Private Bank, ABN AMRO, is sponsoring Les Mielles Tennis Club once again, to continue the successful Schools Tennis Programme, which includes in‐school tennis lessons and coaching with tournaments throughout the year.
The scheme was so successful in 2009. Head teachers, from the four participating schools, Le Moye, [...]

WOMEN’S NETWORK IN JERSEY CELEBRATES INTERNATIONAL WOMEN’S DAY

Jersey News, 4 March 2010 – THE Barclays Wealth Women’s initiatives Network (WiN) in Jersey, will be celebrating International Women’s Day with their first event of the year on 8 March 2010.
Barclays Wealth in Jersey launched its women’s network in November 2009, to develop, encourage and motivate all male and female employees.  Following a successful [...]

Samares Primary School next stop for RBS International’s Supergrounds team

Jersey News, 4 March 2010 – A team from RBS International is continuing the Bank’s mission to overhaul the outdoor areas of local primary schools as its ‘Supergrounds’ initiative reached Samares Primary School on February 25th.
Thirty eight members of staff swapped their suits for overalls and gardening gloves as they revitalised the existing fruit and [...]

Claire Keeney has been appointed Manager of Whitmill’s Fund Department

Jersey News, 3 March 2010 – Whitmill Trust Company Limited was established nearly two decades ago to provide independent and bespoke services to clients looking for Offshore Trust management and Company administration services.
Since then Whitmill has become one of Jersey’s leading boutique financial services providers; specialising in the formation, management and administration of offshore structures [...]

The winners of the Jersey Enterprise Awards

Jersey News, 2 March 2010 – The Jersey Enterprise Awards are delighted to announce the winners and shortlisted companies and individuals for the nine categories available at tonight’s awards.
Senator Alan Maclean, Minister for Economic Development said that the winners and those who were shortlisted in each category had achieved great success against a background of [...]

Cautious Optimism for final quarter of 2009

Jersey News, 26 February 2010 – Despite falls in the level of bank deposits held in Jersey and the amount of funds business being undertaken, there are signs that some confidence is being re-instilled into the market, according to the latest statistics for Jersey’s finance industry.
The statistics collated and prepared by the Jersey Financial Services [...]