Contents

4 Editor’s Note 10 News

International, European and USA News 17. Charles Schwab US Market Report

18 Special Features 27 Deal of the Month

30. Jens Langenbrinck – Evergy

18. Two Sides of the Same Bitcoin – Dave Birch, Consult Hyperion 22. Megatrends & Rapid Change – Mark O’Sullivan, PwC

28. BCMS - MSA Global Holdings acquires Droitwich Pharmacy Limited

29 Advisor of the Month 32 The Interview

46 Finance Focus

58. Canada 60. Ireland 64. Malta 66. British Virgin Islands

34. Adam Brown of Access 35. Omer Rehman & Harald Pöttinger of Alpine Equity Management 36. Ram Ottapathu of Choppies Enterprises Ltd 38. Marty Beard of LiveOps, Inc. 40. Phil Hollingdale of Staffcare Limited 42. Brad Nordholm of Starwood Energy Group 44. Casper Heijsteeg of Wermuth Asset Management

48. EU VAT 2015: Are you Prepared? 50. New Tax and Legal framework for Subsidiaries in Austria 52. Tax Reform in Spain 53. Taxation 56. Transfer Pricing: Maintaining Compliancy in Hungary

57 Doing Buisness & Investing in... 68 Spotlight On... 79 Funds

70. Asset Management 72. Project Finance 73. Real Estate Investment in Ireland 74. An Evolving Aerospace & Defence Sector 75. The Mining Industry 76. Trusts & Fiduciary

Latest information on funds and investments 83 Transaction Reporting The latest corporate transactions from around the world 5