TY - BOOK ID - 12998771 TI - Offshore finance PY - 2006 SN - 0521862337 9780521862332 9786611085803 9780511350634 0511350635 9780511494536 9780521123594 1107168600 1281085804 1139131877 0511348851 0511347901 051149453X 0511349750 9780511349751 9780511348853 9781107168602 9781281085801 6611085807 9781139131872 9780511347900 0521123593 PB - Cambridge : Cambridge University Press, DB - UniCat KW - Banks and banking, International. KW - Investments, Foreign. KW - Banks and banking, International KW - -Investments, Foreign KW - -332.15 KW - Capital exports KW - Capital imports KW - FDI (Foreign direct investment) KW - Foreign direct investment KW - Foreign investment KW - Foreign investments KW - International investment KW - Offshore investments KW - Outward investments KW - Capital movements KW - Investments KW - International banking KW - Offshore banking (Finance) KW - Transnational banking KW - Financial institutions, International KW - International finance KW - Electronic information resources KW - E-books KW - Law KW - General and Others UR - https://www.unicat.be/uniCat?func=search&query=sysid:12998771 AB - This book was first published in 2006. It is estimated that up to sixty percent of the world's money may be located offshore, where half of all financial transactions are said to take place; however, there is a perception that secrecy about offshore is encouraged to obfuscate tax evasion and money laundering. McCann provides a detailed analysis of the global offshore environment, outlining the extent of the information available and how that information might be used in assessing the quality of individual jurisdictions, as well as examining whether some of the perceptions about 'offshore' are valid. He analyses the ongoing work of the Financial Stability Forum, the Financial Action Task Force, the International Monetary Fund, the World Bank, and the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development. The book also offers some suggestions as to what the future might hold for offshore finance. ER -