The first EU Blacklist finally revealed

The EU has put 17 jurisdictions on a blacklist: American Samoa, Bahrain, Barbados, Grenada, Guam, South Korea, Macau, Marshall Islands, Mongolia, Namibia, Palau, Panama, St Lucia, Samoa, Trinidad and Tobago, Tunisia and the United Arab Emirates. However, when contrasting the revelations in the Paradise and Panama Papers about international tax schemes, exposing some of the intricate ways that the world's wealthy use to evade tax through offshore havens, it quickly becomes apparent that the EU has chosen to target countries with little economic or political weight.

Part nº3: Advantages of a Delaware LLC - the final part in a series providing an in-depth analysis of Delaware LLCs, by Dennis Swing Greene.

If you were offered £300,000 now or an inflation-proofed £10,000 a year for the rest of your life, what would you choose? 

This is a similar dilemma faced by many Britons with ‘final salary’ pensions. Often nicknamed ‘gold-plated’ pensions, these are where employers guarantee a minimum income throughout retirement, with yearly cost-of-living increases. But today many pension providers are offering non-retired members high pay-outs – ‘transfer values’ – in exchange for giving up those future rights.

With a portfolio approach that is global in nature, currency volatility is playing an important role in the reported returns to clients on a quarter-by-quarter basis. The last two years has seen some substantial US dollar, British pound and euro volatility as confidence in the respective economic regions ebbs and flows. This has a profound effect on how the overseas assets’ performance is reported in an investor’s base currency, based on their individual circumstances.

Currencies 4 You was founded in 2009 by Suraj Gokani, who has over 14 years’ experience in one of the most volatile markets in the world, namely the international currency markets. Currencies 4 You are recognised as an industry leader as they have continually provided expert analysis to ensure their clients achieve the most for their money when making cross border payments.

Part nº2: Advantages of a Delaware LLC - a 3 part series providing an in-depth analysis of Delaware LLCs, by Dennis Swing Greene.

Foreign exchange specialists 'Currencies 4 You' have opened an office in Almancil's Rua 5 de Outubro in the heart of the town and managed by well known Algarve financial specialist, Simon Perks, who leads a team of three (Elisabete Serrano, Sharon Truman and Andrea Barnett,) who will to advise on and execute clients’ currency requirements.

Currencies 4 You was founded in 2009 by Suraj Gokani, who has over 14-years of experience in one of the most volatile markets in the world, namely the international currency markets, with the company now transacting deals valued at around USD300 milion a year.

Sunday's controversial referendum on Catalonian independence was never going to be a bundle of laughs for the European Union or the euro. Hundreds of injuries in scuffles between police and voters did nothing to improve investors' perception of a community struggling to preserve unity. Yet the euro hardly suffered.

Yes, the euro opened lower in the Far East before recovering to Friday night's level and then heading lower. But ahead of the London session it was unchanged from Friday morning against the US dollar and an average of 0.2% higher against the other dozen most actively-traded currencies. Investors evidently did not see a danger of Spain being rent asunder or separatist activity spreading around the continent.