– Products and concepts for formerly licensed intermediaries, brokers, tipsters and advisors – Investors lose up to more than €40 billion every year because they did not really understand the financial products sold to them – or were the victim of fraud. It is typical that even formerly unsuspicious competence bearers or their financial […]
Asset manager liability: What you need to know Those who are wealthy or come to assets are not necessarily also experts in the field of money investmentor asset management. For this reason, in order to maintain the preservation of their own property and to increase the long term visibility of future, many investors use the […]
Foundations offer the entrepreneur far-reaching advantages The state explicitly acknowledges the commitment of donors with generous tax breaks and benefits related to the law of public benefit. Even if it is not always comprehensible to outsiders at first glance that the charitable trust foundation in particular offers attractive advantages for citizens and efficient solutions to […]
The case: The BFI Bank has never been so broke as it is today. Industry insiders suspected this long before the official bankruptcy petition was filed in court. Lastly, the bank offered credit interest on account balances at a rate far above the market rate, and linked this to a necessary purchase of BFI shares. […]
The FLV-jacket as a highly interesting tool for asset structuring and optimization from a tax and inheritance planning perspective The advisor of private wealth clients should know the advantages of investing abroad. Of central importance are discretion, creative flexibility, as well as banking and insurance secrecy. Buzzwords: Income taxes Inheritance Taxes Withholding taxes individual […]
– Avoiding the risks of the final withholding tax savings model – The truth is often brutal, the lie only when it is uncovered. Erhard Blanck. In order to circumvent the final withholding tax on investment income, ultimately to reduce the taxes, and for tax-free retention of the income, life insurance companies from Liechtenstein, […]
“Don’t go to the prince before you are summoned,” says attorney Rüstig, until suddenly his first liability notice is delivered to him personally. He had been obedient since 1.1. In 1993, he complied with the Interest Discount Act (“ZaSt “er!) by distributing the interest income from escrow accounts among his clients and then certifying […]
The authors deal with the issue of criminal tax fraud and money laundering using foundation trustees and life insurance companies in Liechtenstein. From the practice of investigative investigation, they define whether, among other things, instigation or aiding and abetting by bankers or intermediaries is to be assumed. Red. Of course, in recent years the […]
Life insurance coats from Liechtenstein: A distribution model with thick question marks In order to avoid the final withholding tax on investment income, and in the end to reduce taxes and tax-free retention of income, life insurance undertakings from Liechtenstein offer so-called insurance shells. On the outside it says “life insurance” – on the […]
When maybe only 100,000 euros are secured and the rest becomes a restructuring profit for the bank…. The Financial Market Authority cannot prevent the insolvency of credit institutions, securities trading houses or insurance companies. For securities trading companies, the maximum compensation obligation is 90% of up to EUR 20,000. In the past, there was […]
