Time to speed up Asia Pacific’s digital evolution to support businesses

Digital maturity has played a large part in how easy or difficult it has been to access the support APAC businesses need to keep operating.

Deal overruns and no TSA: key challenges for cashed-up PE firms

Private equity is best placed to find carve-out bargains during the Covid-19 crisis but they shouldn’t expect a smooth ride, writes TMF Group’s Ben Fielding.

Here’s a tip on end of service gratuity (EOSG)

Retirement and end-of-service planning in the middle east is coming of age, and employers should prepare now to meet their EOSG payment obligations.

Changes to LP legislation expected to boost funds migrating to Jersey

Foreign companies in Slovakia risk VAT deregistration if they don’t set up correctly

Foreign companies in Slovakia must meet substance requirements or risk losing their local VAT registration, writes TMF Slovakia’s Miroslava Mazackova.

Riding the M&A waves

M&A activity is bouncing back strongly in the aftermath of COVID-19, with new opportunities emerging amid the new normal, writes TMF Group.

CEE continues to lure South African real estate investors

South African investors looking at Central and Eastern European real estate need to be smart, agile and ready to hit the ground running, writes TMF Group’s Janco Jordaan.

The strength of admitting weakness

An organisation that has the strength to analyse where it went wrong, proactively take steps to fix the problem and provide full disclosure is more likely to be sustainable writes TMF South Africa's Joanne Matisonn.

What has the RAIF brought Luxembourg?

The RAIF was dubbed a ‘game changer’ in the European funds world when it entered the market. But how much has it really shaken things up?

What businesses should know about the Brexit draft Withdrawal Agreement

The draft Withdrawal Agreement on the terms that the UK will leave the European Union on 29 March 2019 runs to hundreds of pages. But what certainty does it provide to business?

Supporting the evolution of the PERE landscape

There has been a growing trend for private equity and real estate funds to delegate fund administration to specialist partners. But what are the factors that drive a successful relationship? What should you be looking for in an administrator?

Tianjin summit outlines reforms to shape new era in aircraft finance

China’s aspirations for its aircraft finance sector are as lofty as its potential, as it bids to transform a young and fast-growing domestic industry into a world-beating one.

Real estate investment and tourism growth herald the return of Greece to portfolios

‘Greece’ has been a byword for economic crisis and recession in recent years, but those times could now be behind us, writes TMF Greece Managing Director Yannis Goussiakis.

Keeping up with a rapidly changing tax world

Substantial changes require corporates and financial institutions to rethink existing practices, and address legacy.

Increasing complexities for family offices and how to navigate them

A high net worth individual wants to protect the family wealth and be able to answer ‘yes’ to three key questions, writes TMF Jersey's Norson Harris.

Bringing the periphery countries back into the centre of the action

There are signs that the peripheral economies including Greece, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ireland are beginning to pick up.

Project finance meets the proliferation challenge

Smaller deals are becoming more widespread in the current project finance era, impacted by a focus on ESG. While there are fewer very large prestige projects, the increasing number of deals alongside geopolitical shifts present opportunities across the board.

ESG: three factors, but a single issue

The emergence of ESG as a driving force of business and finance in recent years has created new demands on companies, investors and regulators alike.

Private capital: developing project financing capacity beyond the DFIs

Capital Markets | Project finance

The right depositary safeguards stretched fund managers

A depositary must be appointed by funds who market towards European investors in line with the The Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD).