tax compliance

IQ-EQ’s Jack Standen sits down with Charles Peck and Mark Maynard, co-founders of boutique executive search firm March Consultants, to discuss the impact of COVID-19 on working practices within the private equity industry.

With Charles and Mark at the helm, March Consultants focuses on delivering creative hiring solutions for C-suite roles within the private equity sector and wider alternatives industry. The London-based firm places top players into leading multi-national corporations, alternative investment firms and their portfolio companies.

In this episode of The Alternative Series hosted by funds director Jack Standen, Charles and Mark dive into the working culture and recruitment-related challenges presented by this year’s COVID-19 disruption and how leaders within private equity firms are navigating and adapting to suit the ‘new normal’ in order to sustain productivity, engagement and retention.

In this episode, Serge Krancenblum sits down with Phil Davis, Director of ESG at Africa-focused private equity firm, Helios Investment Partners. Together they discuss Phil’s experience with ESG investing to date as well as his predictions for how this crucial area will continue to evolve, grow and impact the global investment sphere.

Phil Davis is a leader in his field with over 14 years of industry experience, during which he has worked on the ESG frameworks of some of the leading global private equity firms. Before joining Helios earlier this year, he was Head of Sustainability, EMEA at The Carlyle Group. 

Helios is among the trailblazers in this space, having integrated ESG considerations into its investment framework since its inception. The firm’s recent Certification B achievement is further evidence of its adherence to the highest standards of corporate governance, transparency, accountability and social and environmental performance. 

 During this podcast, Phil explains how Helios intends to further advance and expand the scope of its ESG investments and shares key insight into how ESG is shaping the world of investments.

IQ-EQ sits down with CMS Law’s Charles Kerrigan, chair of the AREF Technology Working Group, to discuss recent PropTech developments and the role that technology has to play in the real estate sector moving forward.

Technology is proving to be the answer to many of today’s challenges, including in the real estate sphere. PropTech trends were already influencing the UK real estate market, but Covid-19 may be accelerating such innovation to help overcome new pandemic-related hurdles and drive the market forward post pandemic.

In this episode, funds director Tom Miller is joined by FinTech expert Charles Kerrigan to shed some light on this interesting subject. Together they discuss the significance of PropTech for the real estate sector, the role it has to play in relation to post-pandemic market recovery and what developments are likely to have the biggest industry impact in the next 12 months.

Charles is a partner at CMS Law in London where he acts on finance and technology transactions and projects. The Blockchain Industry Landscape Overview 2018 names him as one of the UK’s leading influencers on blockchain, and he is the UK’s “recommended lawyer” for blockchain and digital technology in the UK Parliament Hub. Charles also chairs the Technology Working Group of the Association of Real Estate Funds (AREF).

IQ-EQ hosted a webinar with IFI Global, Morgan Lewis, PwC and Edelweiss Asset Management on Thursday 22 October, focused on ‘Private Debt in Asia’.

North America may be leading the region when it comes to private debt, but a number of key Asian LPs – such as Temasek and the Japan Government Pension Funds – are allocating capital to private funds. On the back of our exclusive white paper, ‘Private Debt: Expect the Unexpected’, which was launched by IQ-EQ in collaboration with IFI Global, this webinar session focuses on the key findings of the white paper from an Asian perspective.

The webinar starts with an introduction on the results and takeaways of the white paper by Simon Osborn, CEO of IFI Global, followed by a panel discussion and a live Q&A session.

The panel was moderated by Jimmy Leong, IQ-EQ’s Chief Commercial Officer for Asia. Our panellists comprised:

·       Sukanya Lal, Business Development Director, IQ-EQ

·       Joel Seow, Director, Morgan Lewis

·       Hermant Daga, President and Head, Edelweiss Asset Management

·       Anuj Kagalwala, Partner, Asset and Wealth Management Tax Leader, PwC Singapore.

Visa and immigration or tax compliance requirements during an employee transfer or reassignment expose an organization to significant compliance risk.  The fact that both are ever changing demands that global mobility program managers stay up to date in order to manage their mobility population in the best, most compliant manner possible. 

In this podcast, Saikumar Rajasekaran, who is expert on mobility visa and immigration, provides very timely and candid insights about the changes facing the mobility industry today in the United Kingdom and globally. Learn how different countries administer their border control process, and how different programs can prepare for the continual change that is bound to occur.

In this episode of the Monsoon Podcast, Nanumi Starke untangles the taxing debate on multinational tax avoidance.

How could paying little to no tax on billions of dollars in profit possibly be legal?

Globalisation has brought the world closer, but it has also ushered in an era of highly imaginative tax avoidance. How does it work, what can Australia do, and just what do million-dollar pencils have to do with it?

On this Monsoon Podcast, Nanumi Starke wades into the murky world of tax with three experts in the field, demystifying the lingo on the way.

Johan Van Der Walt is a PhD student at the ANU School of Regulation and Global Governance. His research interests include the shift from ‘tax secrecy’ to ‘tax transparency’ and the impact this shift could have on compliance attitudes.

Andrew Leigh is the Shadow Assistant Treasurer and Federal Member for Fenner in the Australian Capital Territory. Prior to being elected in 2010, Andrew was Professor of Economics at the Australian National University. He holds a PhD in Public Policy from Harvard.

Jim Killaly is a Visiting Fellow at the Crawford School of Public Policy. He was Deputy Commissioner in the Large Business and International area of the Australian Tax Office and has represented Australia on various OECD working parties.

Feature image source: Scara

Music: Inspired by Kevin MacLeod
Licensed under Creative Commons: By Attribution 3.0 License

Show notes | The following were referred to in this episode:

Corporate Tax Avoidance report - Part III: Much heat, little light so far – Commonwealth of Australia

Fair Game: Is Australia vulnerable or getting its fair share? – Jim Killaly