Month: July 2017

  • Canada Overseas Retirement Plan and Hong Kong Pension Law

    A specific type of Hong Kong pension law framework, when structured compliantly, can produce a cross-border financial structure that is government regulated, registered and recognized to reduce the cost of tax for cross-border investment into and out of Canada. A Hong Kong ORSO is after tax contribution with the idea that withdrawals after age 55…

  • The Netherlands is world’s biggest conduit to offshore tax havens

    [box]The Netherlands is the biggest conduit to offshore tax havens in the world, with almost a quarter of fiscal constructions having a Dutch link, according to researchers at a specialist unit at the University of Amsterdam.[/box] ‘Only five big countries act as conduit-OFCs,’ the researchers from Corpnet said in a new report. ‘Together these five…

  • 2017 CGAP Photo Contest Seeks Entries on Financial Inclusion, Microfinance, Digital Finance

    WASHINGTON, D.C., July 25, 2017: Help capture and share the impact of financial inclusion around the world by submitting photos to the 2017 CGAP Photo Contest, now open for entries. Financial services play an important role in helping reduce extreme poverty and increase prosperity, yet two billion people remain financially excluded. They lack access to…

  • 5 Standout Legal Cannabis Companies Worthy of Consideration

    The legal marijuana market continues to gain momentum, driven by increasing public acceptance and an increasing number of investors looking for viable opportunities on a crowded playing field. According to a recent Gallup poll[1], 60 percent of Americans now support the legalization of marijuana. As the playing field continues to grow in diversification and size,…

  • Rare Rolling Stones Photos on the Auction Block

    Barnebys.com Brings New York Auction to Global Audience with Rolling Stones Collectibles NEW YORK, July 19, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Today, Barnebys.com, the leading online search service for arts, antiques and collectibles, is bringing iconic photography of music legends, the Rolling Stones, to art collectors and music lovers alike. Images of Mick Jagger, Keith Richards and…

  • Offshore Buyers Seek U.S. Middle-Market Manufacturing Companies

    DALLAS, July 18, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — Generational Equity (GE), a leading mergers and acquisition advisor for privately held businesses, is seeing a trend of more offshore buyers seeking mid-market U.S. companies for investment. “It used to be we would have to hunt for these overseas buyers, and now we’re seeing many of them come to us,”…

  • International Consortium IMMLA Launches First Multimodal Service on the Base of Blockchain

    ST. PETERSBURG, Russia, July 7, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — On 6th July 2017 the consortium of international leaders in logistics services, including SBSolutions – the developer of top ERP solutions, Formag (subsidiary of Global Transport Investment) and experts of a leading logistics services giant Hellman Worldwide Logistics, announce the first round of ICO International Multimodal Logistic Application (IMMLA) on the Etherium…

  • EOS Token Distribution Generates Over US$185 Million in First Five Days

    GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, July 4, 2017 /PRNewswire/ — block.one, the developer of EOS.IO software, a new blockchain operating system designed to support commercial-scale decentralized applications, today has successfully received 651,902 ether (“ETH”), which is approximately US$185 million, in the first five days of its 341-day long token distribution. In exchange, 200 million EOS ERC-20 compatible tokens (“EOS Tokens”) were distributed…