As I get older, I confess that, on occasion, I hanker after the
days when I used to work in a bank. Life seemed so much easier in
those days. When someone asked me what I did for a living, I could
swiftly reply, "I work in a bank". That would satisfy my
inquisitor entirely and the conversation could move on.
It wasn't even that bad when I first moved to Gibraltar all
those years ago. I simply inserted 'trust company' in place
of 'bank' and that did the trick. After all, everyone knows
what a trust is, right? So a trust company must just deal with
trusts. What could be simpler?
But the world moves on. These days, the group for which I toil
daily is more accurately described as an 'international
regulated financial services group'. Cue blank stares. As
someone said to me at a recent event, "So what's that
then? Trusts and stuff, is it?" I had to admit that yes,
trusts are a significant part of the business but they are by no
means the only thing we get up to – hence
