Offshore Finance

ISBN-13: 9780521862332 / Angielski / Twarda / 2006 / 564 str.

Hilton McCann

Opis

It is estimated that up to sixty percent of the world's money may be located offshore, where half of all financial transactions are said to take place; however, there is a perception that secrecy about offshore is encouraged to obfuscate tax evasion and money laundering. McCann provides a detailed analysis of the global offshore environment, outlining the extent of the information available and how that information might be used in assessing the quality of individual jurisdictions, as well as examining whether some of the perceptions about 'offshore' are valid. He analyses the ongoing work of the Financial Stability Forum, the Financial Action Task Force, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The book also offers some suggestions as to what the future might hold for offshore finance.

Spis treści

1. Linkages; 2. The 'offshore' environment; 3. The service providers and the consumer (1); 4. The service providers and the consumer (2); 5. The significance of taxation; 6. A description of regulatory and supervisory processes; 7. The regulator and the regulatory authority; 8. Money laundering; 9. Some international organisations; 10. Supranational focus (1) - FSF and IMF; 11. Supranational focus (2) - FATF; 12. Supranational focus (3) - OECD; 13. Some problems offshore; 14. Some problems on-shore; 15. Small islands and offshore; 16. Information on particular centres; 17. UK and offshore; 18. US and offshore; 19. Can the problems be identified?; 20. Does 'offshore' have a future?; 21. How to assess an OFC; 22. Conclusion.