The resounding success of SHOREX 96, the world's first offshore finance exhibition organised in London last year, will be followed this year by two events on the same theme:
- SHOREX SUMMER 97 in Monaco (10-12 June 1997) and;
- SHOREX 97 in London (2-4 December 1997).
These two exhibitions on offshore better known in some countries as "tax havens" or "fiscal paradises" are sponsored by The International Herald Tribune.
SHOREX SUMMER 97 will cover the developments and opportunities that arise from operating in offshore jurisdictions. Exhibitors will present examples of operating structures for private end-users and corporate use. Exhibitors at SHOREX SUMMER 97 will be companies specialising in offshore company formation and management, trustees, law firms, private banks and portfolio managers. The international business press will cover the event with special reports.
ADVANCED OFFSHORE, is the conference running alongside the exhibition, in which an international panel of prominent speakers from the offshore industry will address and analyse the latest trends and key issues within the industry such as: Alternative Structures to the Trusts, Management of Offshore Structures, Due Diligence and Bank Secrecy.
The offshore financial world does not cease to attract the interest of all types of international investor and remains a source of polemic and controversy. Although the industry is a steadily growing market, it is still largely misunderstood. The raison d'etre of SHOREX is precisely to facilitate the communication between offshore professionals, all levels of intermediaries and end-users.
Philippe Gelin, Managing Director of Shorex Ltd. and founder of the exhibition comments: "We have now established a real forum from where professionals in the offshore industry can openly market their services." Philippe Gelin adds: "For the private investor and the intermediary alike, SHOREX is the place where one can, in confidence, meet offshore specialists and therefore reduce one's fiscal exposure." Philippe Gelin concludes by addressing one of the fundamental questions of today's financial equilibrium debate: "Why have we now reached the point where more then half of the world's wealth is controlled offshore?... because only offshore vehicles give investors and entrepreneurs the three key growth dynamics:-flexibility, simplicity and limited fiscal pressure."
Mr Christopher Poll, Chairman of Micropal, summarises: "The offshore industry is currently undergoing fundamental change from being a tax-induced haven for non-declared capital to being the platform from which to launch products to regulated markets."
Press and publications represented at SHOREX SUMMER 97 in Monaco:-
- The International Herald Tribune -- principal sponsor --
- The European
- Investment Week (UK)
- Trust & Trustees (Italy)
- Shore to Shore (UK)
- Offshore Express (Russia)
- International Tax Review -- Euromoney Publications (UK)
- Offshore Finance Year Book -- Euromoney Publications (UK)
- Tax Planing International Review -- BNA (UK)
- World Tax Report -- Financial Times (UK)
- Business Monitor -- on-line -- (UK)
NOTE TO THE PRESS:
Philippe Gelin, age 35, founder of Shorex Ltd., is also the publisher of the 'Offshore Institute's Membership Directory & Analysis' the annual publication of The Offshore Institute, the leading offshore professional body.
SOME FIGURES ABOUT SHOREX 96 - LONDON - 20-22 NOVEMBER 1996:-
- 64 exhibitors 25 different countries including Antigua, Barbados, Bermuda, British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Cyprus, Gibraltar, Guernsey, Ireland, Isle of Man, Jersey, Labuan, Luxembourg, Madeira, Malta, Nevis, Panama, Switzerland, Turks & Caicos Islands, UK, USA, Western Samoa;
- 16 offshore centres represented at governmental level;
- 170 delegates to the conference;
- Over 2000 visitors coming from 59 different countries.
- A press release on SHOREX 97, which will take place in London (2-4 December 1997), will soon be sent to the press.
- Photos of Philippe Gelin and the shows are also available.
- Source: Shorex Ltd., 4 Heathgate Place, Agincourt Road, London NW3 2NU, UK.
PARTICIPANTS AT SHOREX EVENTS INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING ORGANISATIONS:-
Acquire Internacional (Spain), Agentia Treuunternehmen (Liechtenstein), American Express (USA), Anderson Ross (UK), Andreas Neocleous & Co. (Cyprus), Anthony & Co (France), Aruba Financial Centre (Aruba), ATC (Ireland), Attias & Levy (Gibraltar), ATU (Liechtenstein), August (Russia), Bachmann Trust Company (Guernsey), Bank "OLIMP" (Republic of Belarus), Bank Leumi (Jersey), Bank of Valletta International (Malta), Bank Zabota (Russia), Banque Cogeba-Gonet (Luxembourg), Barbados Investment & Development Corporation (UK), Barclays Bank Schweiz (Switzerland), Barclays Unicorn (UK), Basel Trust Corporation (Jersey), Bayard International Trust Services (Luxembourg), Belize Offshore Services (Belize), Bermuda International Business Association (Bermuda), BNA Publications (USA), British Virgin Islands Government (British Virgin Islands), Business Financial Management (Switzerland), Business Monitor (UK), Capital Bank of Latvia (Latvia), Cayman Islands Government (Cayman Islands), Central Bank of Samoa (Western Samoa), Charl Audit (Russia), Chase Manhattan Bank (Ireland), Christodoulos G. Vassiliades & Co. (Cyprus), Collins Stewart (Guernsey), Commercial Mortgage Bank (Russia), Consorcio ZEC (Canary Islands), Cooper Gay & Company (UK), Coopers & Lybrand (Cyprus), Coriats (Turks & Caicos Islands), CorpAmerica (USA), Cortrust (Liechtenstein), Coutts & Co. (UK), Cox & Wilkinson (Bermuda), Creditanstalt (Hong Kong), Dafisa Holdings Capital Finance Co. (Malta), Damianou & Co. (Cyprus), David J Wright & Co. (UK), Demetriades Shakos Pifanis (Cyprus), Discover card bank (Gibraltar), Dominfid (Switzerland), EuroFinance (Luxembourg), European Independent Financial Advisers Network (Luxembourg), Fenlex Nominee Services (Malta), Fidelity Brokerage Services (UK), Fiduciaire Forig (Luxembourg), Fiduciary Management (Gibraltar), Financial Corporation "BIN" (Russia), Finatlantic Consulting Group (Portugal), First National Building Society (Guernsey), Fitzgerald & Associates (Ireland), Froriep Renggli (Switzerland), GST & Partenaires (Switzerland), Ganado Sammut, Advocates (Malta), Gemana (Switzerland), Gibraltar Information Bureau (UK), Government of the Turks and Caicos Islands (Turks & Caicos Islands), GRRID (UK), Gryphon Consultants (Cyprus), Guernsey Board of Industry (Guernsey), Guinness Flight Global Asset Management (UK), Harney, Westwood & Riegels (British Virgin Islands), HB Management (Netherlands Antilles), Hedge Fund Research (USA), Helm Trust Co. (Jersey), Hemery Trust & Corporate Services (Jersey), Hill Wallack (USA), Horlings Brouwer & Horlings (The Netherlands), IKS KB (Czech Republic), Industrial Bank (Western Samoa), Inform-Business (Ukraine), Inkombank Cyprus Offshore Banking Unit (Cyprus), International Company Services (Gibraltar), International Financial Group of Western Samoa (Western Samoa), International Financial Services (UK), International Herald Tribune (France), International Immigration Services Consultants (UK), International Law Systems (UK), International Money Marketing (UK), International Trust (Malta), Invell Holdings (Russia), Investment Data Services (UK), Investment Week (UK), Jawer (Switzerland), John Tiner & Partners (Russia), Joint Stock Company "Forpost" (Russia), Jordan & Sons (UK), Kledaras Communication & Design (USA), Labuan Offshore Financial Services Authority (Labuan), Lamaignere (France), Law Agency Inform Business (Ukraine), Levy Gee (UK), Line Management Services (Gibraltar), Lines Overseas Management (Bermuda), Lipper Analytical Services (UK), Lloyds Bank Offshore Banking (UK), Lombard NatWest Bank (Cyprus), Madeira Fiducia Management (Madeira), Madeira Management Companhia (Madeira), Malta Financial Services Centre (Malta), Mello Hollis Jones & Martin (Bermuda), Micropal (UK), Mid-Med Bank (Malta), Misick & Stanbrook (Turks & Caicos Islands), Montenegro Offshore (Yugoslavia), Moores Rowland (UK), Morgan & Morgan Group (UK), Morris Cottingham Associates (Turks & Caicos Islands), Moscow Law Agency (Russia), Mossack Fonseca & Co. (UK), N.M. Rothschild & Sons (Guernsey), Nabarro Nathanson (UK), Nationwide Company Services (UK), Nersa (Estonia), Nevis Financial Commission (Nevis), Nevis Services (USA), OCRA (Isle of Man), OSMO Design (Russia), Pactum (Sweden), Pearse Trust International (UK), Portfolio International (UK), Premier Life (Luxembourg), Rooks Rider (UK), Rothschild Asset Management (Guernsey), Rutter Giappone & Associates (Malta), Scottish Equitable International (Luxembourg), Scottish Provident International (Isle of Man), Searcy Financial Services (USA), Silver Levene (UK), Simpson Froud (UK), Singer & Friedlander (Isle of Man), Sivers & Sayani Company (Cyprus), Smith, Barnard & Diel (Bermuda), Smith-Hughes, Raworth & McKenzie/Arawak Trust Co. (British Virgin Islands), Sofesa (Canary Islands), Sundial Consulting & Finance Services (Russia), Swiss American Bank (Antigua), Swiss Life (UK), SYL Logic Services (Switzerland), The AMS Group (British Virgin Islands), The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son (Bermuda), The Bermuda Stock Exchange (Bermuda), The European (UK), The Fiduciary & Consulting Group (Hong Kong), The Gibraltar Private Bank (Gibraltar), The Mercator Trust Co. (Guernsey), Thurloe Finance (UK), TILDA Audit & Consulting (Russia), Trinity International (Isle of Man), Trusts & Trustees (Italy), Turks & Caicos Islands Government (Turks & Caicos Islands), Union Bank of Switzerland (Switzerland), USA Corporate Services (USA), Viera & Co (Canary Islands), Voche Capital Investment (Jamaica), VP Bank (British Virgin Islands), Western Samoa International Trust Company (Western Samoa), Western Samoan Offshore Finance Centre (Western Samoa), Ychade (Switzerland).
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.
Contact: Oliver Jones of Shorex Ltd. tel: +44 171 482 1000 fax: +44 171 482 1100 email: info@shorex.com http://www.shorex.com
