Daniel Freedman, one of the best-known figures in the UK’s American expat wealth advisory industry, died earlier this week in London, his London-based company, London & Capital, announced this morning.

Over the last few weeks and months, more media attention than usual has been paid to the 2010 Obama law known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). And invariably, we have been noticing, journalists from respected media organizations like The Guardian and Financial Times newspapers in London keep referring to it as a “tax evasion law,” no doubt because that was its original purpose.

That may well have been true in 2010, says Toronto-based expat lawyer and expat rights campaigner John Richardson...

Jersey Finance, the globally-focused marketing arm for Jersey’s financial services industry, has officially opened its long-awaited New York office, as it prepares to set out its stall as an efficient gateway between the U.S. and international financial markets.