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Vistra, a leading global trust, corporate service and fund administration provider, announced today that Squires Gilbride Chartered Accountants & Advisors (Squires Gilbride) has now been officially rebranded as Vistra following the acquisition announcement in February this year.Vincent Bremmer, Vistra’s Regional Director Europe commented, “We are glad to witness the completion of the rebranding of Squires Gilbride as Vistra. As we see continual growing importance of Ireland in attracting businesses and high-value foreign direct investments, the addition of Squires Gilbride as well as Canyon CTS and Deutsche Bank’s corporate services business earlier this year would further solidify our presence in Ireland, enabling us to extend our...
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Simon Morgan TEP, Director and Head of Private Clients at Vistra Jersey, has been elected worldwide Chair of STEP, effective 1 January 2019. STEP is the global professional association for practitioners who specialise in family inheritance and succession planning. Founded in 1991, and with more than 20,000 members, STEP is widely recognised by employers, policymakers and the public. Simon has been in the international fiduciary business since 1982, working in Jersey and the Cayman Islands. He has been a member of STEP since 1994, is a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Financial Services (London Institute of Banking & Finance), and was named in the CityWealth Honours list and Who’s Who Legal as one of the world’s leading...
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Last week, Vistra’s Alternative Investments team was amongst the 44,536 Real Estate professionals attending one of the industry’s largest conferences; EXPO REAL. Held in Munich, the event aims to bring together experts from across the world, whilst providing a platform for thought provoking conversation between peers.In a time of regulatory change, and geopolitical uncertainty, this year’s event yielded a number of particularly interesting opinions. Here are our four key takeaways from our time at EXPO.1. Brexit is one of the key challenges facing the industry, but capital is still being raised in record amounts, and deployed successfully across the world.It seems Luxembourg is the talk of the town, but both the UK and the Channel...
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We are delighted to announce that Heba Khairallah Al Emara, Associate Director, Head of Middle East Relations has been recognised on the 2018 eprivateclient Top 35 Under 35 List. Comprising the top 35 men and 35 women private client practitioners in the UK and the Crown Dependences, the Top 35 Under 35 initiative is designed to identify, recognise, promote and introduce the rising stars of the Private Client practitioner community. Click here to view the full women’s list.
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Reuben Anstock, Commercial Director, ex-Asia, Corporate & Private Clients, Vistra, commented in the latest Deal Appeal report by international law firm Stephenson Harwood which explores domestic and international investor attitudes towards the UK as a deal-making destination. Reuben said, “There is clearly some turbulence and uncertainty in the UK over Brexit. Yet this can provide opportunity. It’s a good time to establish in the UK if you can identify the right opportunities. Five years out, we anticipate that a lot of the turbulence will have passed, and the UK won’t lose its advantages overnight.”Click here to find out more about the report.
