There were reports that Sichuan Tengzhong might pursue the purchase of the Hummer brand from GM by purchasing it privately through the company's new J & A Tengzhong Fund SPC, a private equity investment fund owned by an offshore entity that was recruiting private investors to buy into its acquisition plan.

Many hedge funds are established in offshore financial centres so that no tax is charged at the fund level ( although the investors will still be subject to tax in their own jurisdictions on any increase in the value of their investments ).

In May 2012, The Sunday Times reported how the Prince had received £ 320, 000 ($ 514, 000 ) during a six-year period from 2002 to 2008 into a family business owned by the prince's secretary, from a fund controlled by Berezovsky in which 56 payments of between £ 5, 000 and £ 15, 000 were sent through offshore companies.

The campaigned on a platform that advocated for the creation of a legacy fund for offshore oil revenues, a new deal to develop the Lower Churchill hydroelectric development, annual increase to retired public service pensions, improve high-speed internet a cellphone service in rural areas, merge the Department of Business with the Department of Innovation, Trade, and Rural Development, establish a fisheries investment and diversification fund, creation of a fisheries loan board, initiate a judicial inquiry dealing with management of the fishery and operating a marine rescue subcentre in the province.

Fonterra would require the fund to target " friendly " investors such as sharemilkers, retired farmers and offshore Fonterra suppliers, although the public and institutions would also be able to participate.

Among all offshore funds over that same period, according to the database run by hedge fund observer Antoine Bernheim, the next-best performer was George Soros ’ Quantum Fund, with a 1, 710. 1 percent return.

He co-founded one of the largest and most successful currency management firms ; GaiaCorp, and managed an offshore currency fund ( Gaia Hedge II ) which was the world's top performing managed currency fund during the ' 87 -' 91 period he ran it .< ref >

* Offshore fund, collective investment in offshore centers

A London-based car salesman and DJ called John Kenning convinced a rich Irish businessman to fund a new offshore radio station.

Bank of Communications is one of the major financial service suppliers in China with its business scope covering commercial banking, securities, trust, financial leasing, fund management, insurance, offshore financial services, etc.

This type of SDRT is by nature paid almost exclusively by offshore ( i. e. non-UK ) investors, primarily US fund managers and amounts to approx.

Citing the research of Dr. Phillip Harvey, Professor of Law & Economics at Rutgers University, as evidence of the successful economic effects of the 1930s ' New Deal projects, Stein would fund the plan with a 30 % reduction in the U. S. military budget, returning US troops home, and increasing taxes on areas such as capital gains, offshore tax havens and multimillion dollar real estate.

The offshore feeder fund will almost always meet the definition of a PFIC, but the master fund will not, so the transaction is set up so that the master fund is a partnership for U. S. tax purposes, which makes it an effective insulation between the US based investor and that PFIC feeder.

Thus, a common example could involve an offshore fund managed or sponsored by a U. S .- based money manager, organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands and sold exclusively to non-U. S. investors.

For the purposes of the Income and Corporation Taxes Act 1988 of the UK, an offshore fund is one which is governed by the Offshore Fund Rules < ref >

Falling somewhere in a category between Einstein's theory and sand fleas -- difficult to see but undeniably there, nevertheless -- is the tropical green `` city '' of Islandia, a string of offshore islands that has almost no residents, limited access and an unlimited future.

The land on the Arctic Circle is divided among eight countries: Norway, Sweden, Finland, Russia, the United States ( Alaska ), Canada, Denmark ( Greenland ), and Iceland ( where it passes through the small offshore island of Grímsey ).

Debris from past human occupation is scattered throughout the island and in offshore waters.

The Bahamas is a stable, developing nation with an economy heavily dependent on tourism and offshore banking.

Cambodia is involved in a dispute regarding offshore islands and sections of the boundary with Vietnam.

Trade is vital to the Cypriot economy — the island is not self-sufficient in food and until the recent offshore gas discoveries had few known natural resources — and the trade deficit continues to grow.

Denmark's general coastline is much shorter, at, as it would, among other geographical features, not include most of the 1, 419 offshore islands ( each defined as exceeding 100 square meters in area ) and the 180 km long Limfjorden, which separates Denmark's second largest island, North Jutlandic Island, 4, 686 km < sup > 2 </ sup > in size, from the rest of Jutland.

The Caribbean Sea offshore of the island of Dominica is home to many cetaceans.

Anchorage is possible offshore.

When the epicenter of a large earthquake is located offshore, the seabed may be displaced sufficiently to cause a tsunami.

Nan Madol offshore of Temwen Island near Pohnpei, consists of a series of small artificial islands linked by a network of canals, and is often called the Venice of the Pacific.

A typical go-fast is built of fiberglass, with a deep "< tt > V </ tt >" offshore racing hull from usually 30 to 50 feet ( 10 to 15 m ) long, narrow in beam, and equipped with two or more powerful engines, often with more than 1000 combined horsepower.

# Île de la Gonâve, the largest offshore island of mainland Hispaniola, is located to the west-northwest of Port-au-Prince in Haiti's Gulf of Gonâve, in the Caribbean Sea ( the largest gulf of the Antilles ).

It is estimated that around a half of the number of hedge funds in 2011 were registered offshore and a half onshore.

The general partner of the limited partnership is typically the investment manager ( though is sometimes an offshore corporation ) and the investors are the limited partners.

While some hedge funds that are based offshore report their NAV to the Financial Times, for the most part there is no method of ascertaining pricing on a regular basis.

Jan Mayen has one unpaved airstrip, Jan Mayensfield, which is about long, and the of coast has no ports or harbours, only offshore anchorages.

Information for offshore regions and tropical waters is more scarce, but widespread, if not frequent, sightings indicate the killer whale can survive in most water temperatures.

At long, it is mostly consisted of rocks towards north, and sand south, adding some headlands, bays, and offshore islands

The economy is increasingly diversified, with significant private-sector activity in sugar, tourism, economic processing zones, and financial services, particularly in offshore enterprises.

Montserrat ’ s domestic financial sector is very small and has seen a reduction in offshore finance in recent years with only 11 offshore banks remaining.

Almost all of these sums are directly attributable to investment through the Territory's offshore finance industry.

Efforts to exploit tourism potential, encourage offshore banking, and expand the mining and fishing industries have been partially successful in stimulating investment and growth.

Mauritius has attracted more than 9, 000 offshore entities, many aimed at commerce in India and South Africa, and investment in the banking sector alone has reached over $ 1 billion.

About 2, 000 registered institutions offer a wide range of offshore banking, investment, legal, accounting, and insurance and trust company services.

The removal of trade and investment barriers, the growth of domestic markets, artificially low currencies, the proliferation of education, the rapid development of high tech and information systems industries and the growth of the world economy lead to a significant growth of offshore outsourcing during the decade as many multinational corporations significantly increased subcontracting of manufacturing ( and increasingly, services ) across national boundaries in developing countries and particularly in China and India, due to many benefits and mainly because the two countries which are the two most populous countries in the world provide huge pools from which to find talent and as because both countries are low cost sourcing countries.

Opponents point out that the practice of offshore outsourcing by countries with higher wages leads to the reduction of their own domestic employment and domestic investment.

Typically extraordinary returns are promised on the investment, and vague verbal constructions such as " hedge futures trading ," " high-yield investment programs ", " offshore investment " might be used.

In October 2007, Fujitsu announced that it would be establishing an offshore development centre in Noida, India with a capacity to house 1, 200 employees, in an investment of US $ 10 million.

The negative fallout stymied new investment into Barbados ' offshore sector Barbados for near two years as Barbados authorities acted swiftly successfully proving that Barbados ' economy was regulated sufficiently to ward off financial criminal activity and that it was not a " tax haven " as charged, but instead a low-tax regime.

Since globalization and physical restructuring have contributed to the competition and advent of low-cost offshore assembly in places such as China, and countries in Central America, maquiladoras in Mexico have been on the decline since 2000: According to federal sources, approximately 529 maquiladoras shut down and investment in assembly plants decreased by 8. 2 percent in 2002.

* Some offshore banks offer banking services that may not be available from domestic banks such as anonymous bank accounts, higher or lower rate loans based on risk and investment opportunities not available elsewhere.

However, these official-sounding phrases and more are the hallmark of the so-called " prime bank " fraud ; they may sound great on paper, but the guaranteed offshore investment with the vague claims of an easy 100 % monthly return are all fictitious financial instruments intended to defraud individuals.

Skandia International, which specialises in offshore investment, sponsors the Royal Hong Kong Yacht Club and partners the United Arab Emirates Professional Golf Association in Singapore.

A sub-division in Guernsey was established in February 1996, handling offshore savings and investment accounts.

The tax rate is 23 % on certain investment policies, and rises to 40 % on certain offshore gains when they are not declared in time.

Funds accumulated through investment companies set up in offshore areas can be invested or deposited throughout the world.

As the offshore domicile of many foreign companies, Bermuda has a highly-developed international business economy ; it is an exporter of financial services, primarily insurance, reinsurance, investment funds and special purpose vehicles ( SPV ).

* Offshore investment, relates to the wider financial services industry in offshore centers

Eighth Gate is a joint venture between Emaar Properties and IGO, the offshore investment and property development company.