03/16/2016

Cayman Islands: Company terminations outweigh new registrations

Company-registrations-2015-WEBThe Cayman Islands Company Registry saw an 8-percent increase in new companies in 2015, but the number of active companies on the registry failed to breach the 100,000-company mark as terminations exceeded new registrations.

03/14/2016

Ending the Era of Tax Havens

Ending the Era of Tax Havens, published ahead of Wednesday's Budget, calls for a crackdown on tax havens that enable rich individuals and companies to avoid paying their fair share of tax in the UK and in some of the world's poorest countries.

03/08/2016

Offshore-i report on Offshore M&A, Q4 2015

Appleby's Offshore-i report focusese on transactions announced during the course of 2015. The 2,969 deals represented an almost identical number as in 2014, but accounted for a 56% increase in deal value.

03/07/2016

The most dangerous word in investment by Tim Price

“China’s surplus capacity in steelmaking, for example, is bigger than the entire steel production of Japan, America and Germany combined.” - The Economist magazine, February 27th, 2016.