Welcome to Europe Focus, bringing you news and opinions from Sovereign’s offices across Europe, covering our range of products and services including Corporate Services, Private Client Services and Retirement Planning.

An update on Private Sector Pensions in Gibraltar

Cyprus improves income tax exemptions to attract foreign talent

Sanctioned Russian billionaire’s yacht attracts 63 bids at Gibraltar auction

Wealth planning for Non-Resident Indians

UK pension transfers still possible for Guernsey residents

Guernsey to regulate virtual asset service providers from 2023

HMRC issues conditions for disclosure of Trust Registration Service data

HMRC to target offshore corporates owning UK property

Cyprus introduces transfer pricing rules and documentation requirements

Malta launches Corporate Governance Code for Authorised Entities

Malta’s medical cannabis industry makes first exports to Germany

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FATF delists Malta after recognising ‘significant progress’

The case for Holding Companies: immediate and longer-term benefits

UK to grant visas to graduates from the world’s top universities

Gibraltar consults on new Gambling Bill

Guernsey proposes world’s first ‘natural capital fund’ regime

Cyprus to attract foreign professionals and headquartering, with new bill for favourable tax arrangements

UK proposes to reform Companies House and grant new powers to Registrar

The 2022 Sovereign Portuguese Art Prize

The Benefits of UK Employee Ownership Trusts

Cyprus partners with Amazon Web Services to head into the ‘cloud’

Paying a fair share of tax – so-called ‘Windfall Taxes’

Portugal: Does the ten-year NHR tax holiday do exactly what it says on the tin?

Corking Idea – Stay home, protect the planet, drink wine by Alastair Leithead

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European Commission urges Member States to act on ‘golden passports’ and ‘golden visas’

Sovereign Trust (CI): helping to expand your horizons

Establishing overseas trusts: benefits now and in the future

Why digital businesses choose Malta

Cyprus expands ‘Digital Nomad Visa’ for remote foreign workers

Gibraltar launches Register of Property Occupation: landlords should review their tax arrangements

Sovereign selected to provide Guernsey’s secondary pension scheme

UK property and Inheritance Tax: the insurance solution

7 good reasons to choose Gibraltar

Alternative European residency options for Polish HNWIs, entrepreneurs and top executives

UK ‘non-dom’ status: a privilege but not a ‘loophole’

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Cyprus to increase corporate income tax rate to 15%

No exodus from Malta since FATF ‘greylisting’

Strength of recovery in Guernsey’s funds sector reinforced

Talks on Gibraltar’s future relationship with EU go into fifth round

Sovereign launches new and prestigious Art Prize for Portugal

Switzerland launches consultation on new trust law

Gibraltar Stock Exchange on track to become crypto trading hub

CySEC sees expansion and gears up for digital currencies

Gibraltar drives the global ‘responsibility agenda’ in online gambling

Cyprus companies offer CFC sidestep for Swedish shareholders

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Important changes to Portugal’s Golden Visa regime

Sovereign solutions to yacht insurance squeeze

Spain and Saudi Arabia join forces to redesign post-Covid tourism

EU drops decision to pursue legal action against the UK over Gibraltar ‘state aid’

OECD/G20 Inclusive Framework strikes ‘global tax deal’ for digital age

UK Autumn Budget moves forward on QHAC and against on tax avoidance

Cyprus unveils new Action Plan to boost business activities

Using international pension schemes to own start-up UK trading companies

GFSC approves Guernsey’s first cryptocurrency fund

Value of Guernsey-domiciled funds hits record high

Crypto exchange Huobi migrates spot trading business to Gibraltar

Malta amends Companies Act to enhance transparency

Portugal’s Golden Visa – not ‘in extremis’ but ‘in Extremoz’

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Gibraltar raises Corporate Tax Rate in advance of global minimum tax

Income and Capital Gains Tax planning: taking up residence in the UAE

Guernsey introduces new compliance measures for exchange of information

Malta agrees Action Plan for removal from FATF ‘grey list’

Invest Cyprus hails €180 million investment into Cyprus

Manx Appeal Court orders trustee to reconsider decision not to appoint protector

Cyprus government consults on new DLT Bill

Saudi Arabia offers huge opportunities for European companies

Sovereign acquires Azure Retirement Benefit Scheme in Malta

Sovereign Art Foundation Students Prize Gibraltar 2021 – entries close 22 October

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‘Auto-enrolment’ pensions finally underway in Gibraltar

European Commission to regulate Residency by Investment (RBI) programmes

Isle of Man and Guernsey extend ‘economic substance’ to partnerships

Changes to Swiss inheritance law set for January 2023

India opens the door to Cyprus-based investment funds

Sovereign Pension Services (CI) acquires the CIRAS Personal Pension

BNO visas attracting major interest from Hong Kong citizens

Sovereign students’ art prize returns to Guernsey for the sixth year / Sovereign Isle of Man students’ art prize is back

Swiss Federal Council pledges coordinated reform plan in first quarter of 2022

Sovereign Tax Services 2021 – Gibraltar Budget

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Cyprus takes strides towards becoming a technology hub

Pension Scams Industry Group issues revised voluntary Code of Good Practice

Gibraltar’s position boosted by two substantial superyacht marina projects in Spain

Sovereign Malta to launch ‘Podcast Malta’

Sovereign launches specialist pensions’ business in Guernsey

Gibraltar and Spain enter into new International Tax Agreement era

Malta announces Nomad Residency Permit for non-EU remote workers

Can you afford not to have a pension?

G7 Finance Ministers reach global minimum tax agreement

Ten reasons to set up a company in Gibraltar

MONEYVAL notes significant improvement in Malta’s AML controls

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Tax tips – Deliberate before you emigrate

A quarter of UHNWIs worldwide plan to acquire a ‘second citizenship’

Sovereign expands in Gibraltar

Cyprus delivers new boost to fintech, funds innovation clusters

BUDGET DAY 2021 – Sovereign UK evaluates the key points

Cyprus expands qualifying investments for Permanent Residency Permit

UK reaffirms its commitment to Gibraltar ahead of EU negotiations

UK to replace DAC6 with OECD’s MDR rules

Gibraltar strengthens ties with Global Blockchain Business Council

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2021 – A good year for businesses to review their pension arrangements

Explaining residency in Portugal

UK launches ‘Skilled Worker’ category under new immigration system

How to set up a business in China

Sovereign Guernsey commits to environmental sustainability and green finance

Top 10 reasons to make Malta your business hub

Upcoming amendments to the Portugal Golden Visa Residency Permit (GVRP)

Sovereign delivers an innovate pension solution for fintech firm The ID Register

Getting the best out of overseas Experienced Investor Funds

Gibraltar extends yacht registration rights to over 70 more countries

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Tax warning for remote workers heading overseas

Have you ‘future-proofed’ your corporate structures for Brexit?

Guernsey ICC provides perfect platform for athletes’ development initiative

Sovereign Malta moves to new office in St Julian’s

Sovereign delivers innovate pension solution to The ID Register fintech

First regulated cryptocurrency hedge fund launched in Cyprus

Sovereign sets up shop at Sovereign Place

Brexit deadline for Malta pension fund investment advisers and members

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