January 2017

What has happened to the Offshore Industry since the Panama Papers?

In the summer of 2016, I wrote an article about the Panama Papers, the offshore industry and international taxation. The article was brief, but decried the lack of transparency which seemed to be costing the world dearly in lost tax revenues. It’s been pretty much half a year since I wrote that article and I

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If your household were a company, would it be an attractive investment?

Being a business student, I find the structure and thinking of much of the business world a useful lens for viewing aspects of my personal life. Once a year, I imagine sitting with my ‘board’ and presenting my progress for the year. If I’ve done well, I could imagine that external investors (my girlfriend, my

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Don’t Panic Mr. Mainwairing, Don’t Panic!

Anyone that has ever watched Dad’s Army will recognise these famous words, usually frantically yelled by the blustering Private Jones as a situation dissolved into chaos… Now, I’m not usually one to advocate panicking. Indeed, it’s usually a complete waste of time. In most situations of adversity, I tend to lean towards an attitude of

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