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Hello OCT pros, I am in a situation where EU based company offered me a long term 'advisory role' in jurisdiction where my net salary, if getting employed by this company, will get completely devastated by income tax, social security, and other BS. At the same time, I still want to run my...

Hello do we have any 'investment managers' here or people who manage other peoples money? I few months I just finished with my gardening leave period and thinking what should I do next. I'm in the early stages of exploring a venture into investment management, initially focusing on managing my...

Hello Pros, I would like to know if it is possible to setup UK ltd. in a way that I can be an anonymous director/shareholder? As per my understanding and experience Companies House records are publicly available and list the the names and shareholdings of all direct shareholders, directors and...

TL;DR - (1.) Two guys from Texas were convicted because they were trying to sell Iranian oil. IMO super naive and amateurish approach by trying to use a Polish Ltd. as a front co. (2.) I am surprised with quite harsh penalty - 45 years in prison while at the same time you have tanker owners...

Hello OCT, Anyone with experience (successful or not) of buying a listed shell company? I am aware of the complexity of executing reverse merger type of deals and related costs, What I would like to see in this thread is if someone was involved in those kind of deals, or if someone know a...

For stocks, bonds, etf's, mutual funds, and more”¦ when looking for somewhere to put your money, what do you look for or how do you research when there are so many different tools. You have the Morningstar and Zacks ratings. You have the Altman-Z and Piotroski-F scores. You have P/E, P/B, EPS...

I was away from OCT for a while and don't know what are the latest trends in offshore company formations circles. So I came back to ask you some questions. 1. Is the Seychelles co. still the best solutions for cheapest (no accountant needed), only annual govt. payment fee as a part of the...

Hi, I would like to know which bank do you use or have information are willing to do transactions to and from African countries such as CF, DRC, etc. ? Afrasia bank from Mauritius looks like a decent, reputable bank with experience dealing with African counter parties, what about RAW bank, any...

Hello business pros. Long story short I am thinking if I should either wind down/close my UK reg. companies or try to sell them? The case is that I don't need them anymore, all 4 are registered in the UK, with UK address, are 4 years old and have a bank account with top EU bank (EUR), no debt...

Quick question, what's the best offshore setup (if any) if you are EU national and work for an EU based company as a full time employee and your yearly bonus represent a large/major part of your compensation? Put it differently, you as a worker get the "minimum" wage and unproportionaly large...

Hello reptiles, offshore bankers and good people of OCT! Put joking aside, I hope you all had a great summer holidays and were able to recharge your batteries. I am wondering if there are some good books on offshore companies formation, structures setup, use cases, basically 101 on how to...

TL;DR What's the best payment processor for a shopify/woocommerce web store which allow me to sell my products "anonymously" or at least hide my ID/name, surename and address? I am in a process of setting up two e-comm stores, one will be based on a shopify platform while other one will be...

Not sure if you are following the IPOs, SPAC, PE, VC, HF sectors but today Bill Ackman (Pershing Square HF) donates $1.3B worth of Coupang stock to charity; He actually twitted about this. "I was a very fortunate day one investor in @Coupang. As a result of its incredible success, 26.5m shares...

According to Reuters Cyprus is planing to launch a register in coming months identifying the owners of companies on the island, this is un-freaking-believable. Would love to hear comments from esteemed colleagues from offshorecorptalk...

Interesting developments in the "EU" banking sector... looks like never ending story. The former head of Danske Bank in Estonia, branch was known for $220 billion money laundering scandal, was found dead after disappearing from his home on Monday. It's a pity he wasn't smart enough to get a good...

Hello offshore guys, Question: I am wondering which offshore structure I can use if I want to give away shares of my company to new/future employees. In summary: A company [X] wants to give its employees a stake/share in the company, but it is very complicated and costly to do it in the country...

Just came across an info that new crypto, internet business, startups, etc. friendly bank called Founders Bank is in the making in the beautiful island of Malta. CEO is ex-Deutche i-banker, their c-level team also looks legit with strong background. I think it could be interesting to follow the...

I don't know if this can affect Revolut account holders but they are accused of violating banking rules. This can be a big hit for them if it is true. Digital bank Revolut's money laundering lapse exposed I don't remember exactly who it was, but someone (quite active) at this forum was...

Hello guys , To cut a long story short - EU bank rejected regular money transfer from OceanPay account. According to my research I found that OceanPay's cards are issued by the Bancorp Bank. Any idea why bank rejected to accept the money ? What can I do next? I was thinking to open a...

I am interested in "offshore schemes of international trade", "tax optimization topics" and currently looking for some books - anyone with some books ideas?