By Mark Colton at BWCI mark.colton@bwcigroup.com “No bank maintains sufficient capital to pay all its depositors at once.” Like a tabloid journalist’s headline, “CoCo pops” was inevitable, albeit a million miles away from the sugary breakfast cereal. “CoCo”s are a type of investment, and some of them have imploded spectacularly. What are CoCos? A “CoCo” is… Read More »
by John Martin (Please contact John on 01481 728432 or email john.martin@bwcigroup.com if you wish to discuss this article or anything relating to secondary pensions). It will soon be a mandatory requirement for all local businesses – regardless of industry or size of business – to enrol Designated Employees in an Approbated Pension Scheme and… Read More »
Anna Gray We are delighted to announce the appointment of Anna Gray as a director within our Guernsey fiduciary business. Anna has extensive experience in the pensions and trust industry. She brings with her a wealth of knowledge and experience, with over 15 years’ practising as a lawyer in the UK and subsequently Guernsey. During… Read More »
By Michelle Galpin at BWCI michelle.galpin@bwcigroup.com “there are some concerning trends emerging.” Covid news still features prominently in the headlines on a regular basis, despite it being more than three years since the first Covid lockdown was announced. The Continuous Mortality Investigation (“CMI”) analyses the death data in England and Wales published by the Office for… Read More »
by John Martin (Please contact John on 01481 728432 or email john.martin@bwcigroup.com if you wish to discuss this article or anything relating to secondary pensions). It will soon be a mandatory requirement for all local businesses – regardless of industry or size of business – to enrol Designated Employees in an Approbated Pension Scheme and… Read More »