ace off's List: BANK, MONEY

• be assigned the right to use a copyright, patent, trademark or know-how by its original holders, with a power to sub-license and consequently exploit the intellectual property rights in various countries.
• internet-businesses in a way of holding domain names and operating websites in a tax-free environment.

• may act as a trading intermediary - sales, distribution or import -export company.
• offshore sales company can be used by a domestic producer to distribute the goods.

• No exchange controls or restrictions on financial transfers
• neither there are any restrictions as to the type, denomination, number, classes and designation of rights of shares that can be created.
• no minimum capital requirements for a Belize mutual fund
• o statutory limitations as regards the investment policies, investment instruments and borrowing powers of a Belize mutual fund
• details of all directors, managers, administrators and other persons closely involved in the management of the fund
• The Mutual Funds Act requires that a prospectus for a public mutual fund shall provide full and accurate disclosure of all such information as investors would reasonably require and expect to find for the purpose of making an informed investment decision
• ummarised statement of investors` rights
• availability of the financial statements
• less than fifty investors and the constitutional documents of which prohibit the offering of its shares to the general public.

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• 239 banks in 15 countries it is the most ‘exclusive and lavish club’ that a financial institution can be a part of.
• majority of international interbank messages use the SWIFT network,
• 9,000 members in more than 200 countries
• Members can utilize the SWIFT terminal to
• send messages
• ther participants in the system directly from their office or facility
• a direct transfer of financial data without having to confer with other financial institutions or banks.

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• asset managers build and capitalize on its success by offering a wide range of financial solutions to their customers.
• Swiss openness to the world has helped to establish a financial micro-climate of fidelity, privacy and trust which benefits both international clients and their portfolios and local managers and their investment strategies.
• unlimited types of assets, including equities, fixed income, commodities, foreign exchange
• all investments whether local or international benefit from exemption on capital taxation – Switzerland does not recognize the so-called capital gains tax.
• foreign passports whether individuals or owners of local structures such as Swiss trust companies, foundations, etc.
• warranties, loans, pre- and post-financing or coverage of ‘country risks’

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• xploring "all options to proceed legally against those who have denounced the government in international forums and in the courts."
• Mexican activists and signed by over 23,000 Mexicans, in International Criminal Court last week, demanding that the court investigate alleged human rights violations by the army and the police as part of the state's war against the drug cartels.