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Strengthening Your Defences in the Fight Against Fraud
In recent years, a number of high-profile fraud cases have made the headlines. Every business is susceptible to fraud in some shape or form and the outcome of these frauds can have varying levels of impact, including financial loss,…
Prepaid Financial Services: One of the World’s Leading FinTechs
Already in 2019, Noel Moran, Chief Executive Officer at Prepaid Financial Services has been honoured with three CEO awards, two of which are international. The current European Entrepreneur of the Year was showcased at the prestigious World…
Alpha Blue Ocean: An Alternative Investment Firm
Pierre Vannineuse is the Founding Partner and Chief Executive Officer of Alpha Blue Ocean, an international alternative investment firm with headquarters in London. Pierre is leading all of their investment strategies and represents the…
Quadriga: Living a Cryptocurrency Nightmare
By Louisa Rochford
Created by an unknown inventor under the pseudonym Satoshi Nakamoto, Bitcoin was the first cryptocurrency in the world, established a decade ago in 2009. Since then, over 4,000 altcoins—or alternate…
The Top Challenges Bitcoin Exchanges Face
The cryptocurrency industry is one of the most difficult to operate in. It is a brand-new industry that is constantly evolving by the day. This makes for a very exciting but incredibly challenging business. We have faced various external…
Building Businesses, Creating Value and Closing Deals that Make Everyone a Winner
Ramphastos Investments is a venture capital and private equity firm which is known for its entrepreneurial spirit and its focus on driving top-line growth in enterprises at all stages of their evolution: from start-ups to scale-ups,…
Wealth Professionals Need to Communicate to Provide a More Valuable Client Experience
The athletes that made it to the 2018 winter games in PyeongChang, South Korea are elite in their respective events, but none of them can say they got to where they are by going it alone.
Turning an athlete into an Olympian requires…
Bank of England Raise Interest Rates: The Reaction
On Thursday, the Bank of England voted unanimously to raise the interest rate to 0.75%, the highest it has been since the financial crash nearly 10 years ago. As consumers, businesses and institutions ran through the potential…
360 Law Group: Revolutionising the Cost of Legal Services
Robert Taylor is the CEO and General Counsel of 360 Law Group, the first law firm to offer consumers and businesses the choice of regulated or unregulated legal services under the same umbrella organisation. Fuelled by a global network of…
Understanding “Funny Shares” to Transfer Wealth More Tax Efficiently
By Toby Hermitage, Tax Partner at Carter Backer Winter LLP
One of the challenges we face today is passing on accumulated value in investment and property companies to the next generation tax efficiently. In many cases, the shares in…