Private Wealth Leaders India conference highlights unique cultural aspects

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Mark Biddlecombe the client services director for Nerine in Guernsey attended the Private Wealth Leaders India conference in London on 29 January as a panellist.

The conference took place at the Crowne Plaza in London and is the third of its kind in as many years. It brought together Indian clients as well as Indian non-domiciles, HNWIs and family businesses for a day discussing wealth planning, structuring solutions and tax considerations.

Mr Biddlecombe was the sole representative of trust and company services in Guernsey and he led a panel discussion on Indian family offices and investors.

He said: “The focus was very much on the cultural aspects of doing business in India. We are the only independent trust company established in India so have a great deal of experience of this market. There are practicalities and technicalities of working in India in the private client sector which we discussed in detail.”