I just commented on your other 2pips page. I see you are probably in Indonesia too. I had a great couple of months there at the Shangri La in Jakarta at the end of last year. Bats Bar is great. Anyway, good luck with your new business and have a great weekend.

Malta is my base DD and I use an ITC which gives me an effective tax rate of 5% on the company side and helps on a personal level if I don't stay in Malta more than 6 months each year. Comisión Nacional del Mercado de Valores is at http://cnmv.es and is the relevant regulator. We are closed to new clients except by recommendation from an existing client. And have been since 2006. That is when we stopped updating performance there. I'm glad you like the lion - I always feel it's a bit outdated these days.

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LOL. Care to be a bit more specific?

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