Offshore Financial Centres (OFCs), as low-tax, lightly regulated jurisdictions, specialise in providing the corporate and commercial infrastructure for the formation of offshore companies and for the investment of offshore funds.
Isle of Man – The Facts
- Territory: The Isle of Man – The Facts
- Status: UK Crown Dependency
- Population: 80,058
- Capital: Douglas
- Area: 572 sq km (221 sq miles)
- Major languages: English, Manx
- Major religion: Christianity
- Monetary unit: Pound sterling
- Main exports: Agriculture, fisheries
- GNI per capita: n/a
- Internet domain: .im
- International dialling code: +44
- Head of state: Queen Elizabeth II. Represented by Lieutenant Governor Sir Paul Haddacks
- Chief minister: James Anthony "Tony" Brown
- The press
- Isle of Man Examiner-weekly
- Manx Independent-weekly
- Isle of Man Courier-free-of-charge weekly
- Radio
- Manx Radio-public
- Energy FM-commercial
- music-based 3FM -commercial, music-based
