Features and Benefits

Offshore Announcements enables the Compliance Team to control what information is sent to which user, and to prove that information has been delivered to them:

• Essential regulatory announcements are delivered directly to the staff who need them;
• The system produces reports which can be circulated to the Regulator, Board or Senior Management Team;
• Our reporting function enables you to see which users have been sent which information, and if it has been opened
• You have full control over the list of websites searched;
• You can specify which users receive which information, and when it is sent to them;
• The tracking facility is there to remind users about unopened announcements;
• The system settings are quick and easy to change;
• Internet Explorer toolbar allows updates to be customised;
• Interesting or important articles/announcements can easily be recommended to other user groups.

Offshore Announcements reduces the volume of lost chargeable time, and allows you to make sure your staff are right up to date:

• It costs as little as 13p per day per user. If a staff member spends 30 minutes a day checking the internet for essential information, that could equate to more than £10,000 a year in lost billing;
• Our monthly reporting function enables you to see which users have been sent which information, and if it has been opened;
• The system automatically monitors an unlimited number of websites;
• You can specify which users receive which information, and when it is sent to them;
• It is easy to vary the number of active users from month to month, and only pay for the people actually using the system;
• You can quickly notify a user group about a particuarly interesting or important article or announcement;
• Our reports make it easy to prove a company's commitment to keeping right up to date.

The days of trawling the internet for important announcements are gone; Offshore Announcements delivers what's relevant directly to your inbox:

• Regular e-mails containing links to important news/announcements/updates are delivered directly to your desktop or PDA;
• Users only receive information from trusted and selected sources such as the OECD, JFSC, GFSC etc.
• You only receive information following pre-agreed parameters;
• We check all selected sites for changes every hour, and then notify users according to the pre-set preferences;
• The information circulated through Offshore Announcements can potentially be used for CPD;
• Offshore Announcements includes a CPD tracking facility so that you can keep a tally of all CPD points, whether generated through us, or elsewhere;
• Our archive contains all material captured to date, and can be searched at any time by users.

Offshore Announcements is designed to give complete control to those setting the system preferences. This means you can prove that your team are being kept totally up to date. The system allows you to control:

• Which websites are scanned;
• Which material is deemed to be relevant;
• Which material is sent to which user group;
• How often that material is sent;
• Our tracking function means that users can be notified and reminded if an important article or announcement remains unopened;
• The system produces reports detailing exactly what has been sent to whom, and whether it has yet been opened;
• You can even add your own news and features.

Users of the Offshore Announcements service automatically have the right to link from our website - this link will improve your google ranking making your site more visible on internet searches. Ours is the only dedicated offshore finance website which offers this service.

Offshore Announcements has a full reporting system which means that for the first time you can produce documentation proving your organisation's commitment to keeping fully up to date. Your team can show that it keeps abreast of all the latest developments in the offshore world, and has a robust system for making sure all staff are aware of new announcements or developments. Offshore Announcements certification can be included in a pack confirming a company's drive to stay at the forefront of offshore finance knowledge and compliance.

Offshore Announcments is quick and easy to administer, and works by sending a simple e-mail to users containing all the click-through links they need. This means that:

• Users are only accessing pre-agreed websites to view material which is essential for their roles;
• The company's e-mail system is only handling simple messages with links, rather than attached documents;
• There are no copyright issues as users are being directed straight to the actual websites containing the source of the information;
• The frequency and content of the messages is controlled by the administration team;
• Each company is provided with a unique log-in procedure which gives access to an easy-to-use interface, so that they can control their system prefences;
• You have the ability to add the latest announcements to your own company intranet;
• The system automatically creates a list of "safe" websites for your company, which can then be uploaded to your firewall.