by Kirsty Pitkin | Aug 3, 2016 | BlogPost
Are You About To Lose Your ‘In Substance’ Benefits? Back in 2015 I pointed out to attendees at our training courses that there were strings attached to the status of ‘in substance’. I observed that the principle, if I were to take a purely commercial view...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Feb 17, 2016 | BlogPost
GATCA from the Caribbean It may be my toughest assignment yet. However, I’m not expecting too much sympathy. I am currently training and consulting in…Barbados and elsewhere in the Caribbean. I read an article in today’s Barbados Advocate in which Senator McClean was...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Feb 9, 2016 | BlogPost
“I’ll Take the High Road, You Take the Low Road – and I’ll be in Compliance Afore Ye!” Attitudes Towards GATCA Compliance With the launch of our GATCA Resource Library coming up soon, I thought I’d take this opportunity to write a series...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Jan 7, 2016 | BlogPost
How are your crystal balls feeling today? It seems like it’s that time of year when everyone leaps onto the bandwagon of trying to predict what’s going to happen in 2016. Not wishing to miss the party, here are my thoughts… We face a lot of questions in 2016 around...
by Kirsty Pitkin | Nov 5, 2015 | BlogPost
FATCA Wars Episode IX – Revenge of the Myth OK, so I admit, I’m conflicted. As a purist and one who was brought up in a scientific environment, I get really frustrated when I see so many half truths and misconceptions in a regulatory environment. Regulation should be...
