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19 September 2025

NORWAY: Norway Wealth Tax Victory Shows Visible Fairness Still Matters

Norway’s national election, effectively a referendum on the country’s wealth tax, shows that even in an oil-rich sovereign wealth fund-backed nation, voters will defend fairness-based taxation—a

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19 September 2025

SWITZERLAND: Swiss Banks Execute First Cross-Bank Payment on Public Blockchain

Three Swiss banks have successfully conducted the first binding cross-bank payment using tokenized deposits on a public blockchain, marking a significant milestone in traditional finance’s adoption

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19 September 2025

GUERNSEY: Guernsey Sustainable Finance Seminar highlights urgency of climate adaptation and UK green growth

Leading voices from across the finance industry, regulatory landscape and climate policy community gathered in London for the Guernsey Sustainable Finance Seminar 2025. The seminar featured a keynote

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19 September 2025

CAREY OLSEN: Carey Olsen celebrates Offshore Firm of the Year shortlisting at The Lawyer European Awards 2025

Press Release from Carey Olsen, Friday 19 September, 2025. Carey Olsen has been named as a finalist in the Offshore Firm of the Year category at the upcoming The Lawyer European Awards 2025, having

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19 September 2025

UK: UK FCA to Relax Crypto Rules, Boost Cyber Laws: FT

The U.K.’s Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) intends to relax certain regulations for cryptocurrency companies while tightening rules in areas like cyber risks, according to a Financial Times report

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19 September 2025

FAMILY OFFICES: Family offices steady the course as trade tensions test global portfolios, Citi reveals

Despite the multiple challenges of trade frictions, slowing growth and shifting regulatory signals, family offices remain steady in their investment approach, according to new research. Citi Wealth

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19 September 2025

PORTUGAL: Portugal Golden Visa New Rules 2025: What Investors Need to Know

The Portugal Golden Visa new rules 2025 mark the biggest change in the program since it started in 2012. For over a decade, residency through investment was driven by real estate. That option ended

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19 September 2025

US: FinCEN plans to delete data on U.S. companies from beneficial ownership database

Five years after ICIJ’s FinCEN Files investigation exposed the pivotal role the U.S. financial system plays in global dirty money flows, authorities are winding back landmark reforms pushed through

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12 September 2025

NORWAY: How wealth tax became a battleground in Norway’s election

It is the issue that has set the Norwegian general election alight: whether to keep, cut or abolish the national wealth tax. As the country prepares to go to the polls on Monday, Norway is in the grip

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12 September 2025

UK: UK watchdog takes fresh aim at financial secrecy

Global watchdog Transparency International (TI) UK has published comprehensive guidelines for implementing publicly-accessible beneficial ownership registers in the UK’s offshore financial centres.

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