offshore financial centres
1offshore financial centres — Centres that provide advantageous deposit and lending rates to non residents because of low taxation, liberal exchange controls, and low reserve requirements for banks. Some countries have made a lucrative business out of offshore banking; the… …
2offshore financial centres — Centres that provide advantageous deposit and lending rates to non residents because of low taxation, liberal exchange controls, and low reserve requirements for banks. Some countries have made a lucrative business out of offshore banking; the… …
3List of offshore financial centres — The following are designated as offshore financial centres by the IMF [ [http://www.internationalmonetaryfund.com/external/np/mae/oshore/2000/eng/back.htm#table1 IMF list of OFCs] ] or the FSF:*Andorra *Anguilla *Antigua *Aruba *Bahamas *Bahrain… …
4Offshore financial centre — Many leading offshore financial centres are located in small tropical Caribbean countries. An offshore financial centre (OFC), though not precisely defined, is usually a small, low tax jurisdiction specializing in providing corporate and… …
5Offshore investment — is the keeping of money in a jurisdiction other than one s country of residence. Offshore jurisdictions are a commonly accepted solution to reducing tax burdens levied in most countries to both large and small scale investors alike. Poorly… …
6Offshore structure — has two principal meanings: Financial, with reference to offshore vehicles formed in Offshore Financial Centres. These will usually be: Offshore companies, Offshore partnerships, or Offshore trusts Physical, with reference to offshore… …
7Offshore bank — Banking A series on Financial services …
8Offshore company — The term offshore company is ambiguous. It may refer to either: A company which is incorporated outside the jurisdiction of its primary operations regardless of whether that jurisdiction is an offshore financial centre (sometimes known as a non… …
9offshore — A term used to indicate a legal regime outside of the United Kingdom. When an investment centre is offshore it is not subject to UK tax or regulation, including investment protection rules. For example, investments located in offshore centres… …
10Offshore fund — An offshore fund is a collective investment scheme domiciled in an Offshore Financial Centre such as the British Virgin Islands, Luxembourg, or the Cayman Islands; it is typically sold exclusively to foreign investors (those not of the domestic… …
