Tuesday, 21 December 2010

Gibraltar financial companies have to pay for Marrache debacle

GIBRALTAR The Financial Services Commission (FSC) decreed last month that dozens of local financial companies will have to pay to cover costs stemming from the collapse of Marrache & Co. and its subsidiaries, according to a report by Brian Reyes in The Gibraltar Chronicle. The so-called Special Levy will affect 101 FSC-licensed companies active in investment services, insurance intermediation, money services and fiduciary services. Each will have to pay between £1,500 and £36,281, depending on the services they offer and the volume of business they handle. The companies are furious and have questioned the way the one-off compulsory charge has been calculated, others are asking why they should be forced to pay at all.

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