04/13/2015
When assessing the various risks that might affect investment firms, fund managers and investors often overlook an element that can lead to failure if neglected: an ineffective middle-office.
04/12/2015
Barbados ideally placed to be gateway to Cuba
Stating that this country was well placed to attain its vision of being the international financial and wealth management centre of choice
04/02/2015
Labour Minister Shane Gibson yesterday said the impending lay-off of employees at Scotiabank (Bahamas) was “disappointing”
04/02/2015
The Cayman Islands has moved up 15 positions in the most recent Global Financial Centres Index
04/01/2015
​Based on the views of over 200 wealthy entrepreneurs around the world, the study asks whether they believe conditions are right for economic growth and for building and investing in their businesses and creating jobs.
03/25/2015
For the fifth time, Scotiabank has been named the Best Emerging Market Bank in T&T by the prestigious Global Finance
03/23/2015
Foreign investment in real estate led with a total of 6.17 billion rupees, the central bank said. Hotels and restaurants accounted for 4.89 billion rupees.
03/23/2015
All four centres gained points and retain their relative ranks in a biannual global financial centres index. New York remains the top centre, though by only one point on the 1,000 point scale. Tokyo, in fifth place, is 32 points behind the leaders.
03/23/2015
Guernsey: Ahead Of The Curve
Threatening to blacklist jurisdictions which fail to compile public registers of the beneficial owners of trusts and companies is all well and good
03/19/2015
No matter how you stack the numbers, they simply do not add up. It is time to re-visit some radical experiments from the past but first we must examine the barriers.
03/16/2015
The Mauritius Commercial Bank is one of the four Diamond Sponsors of the forthcoming Africa CEO Forum.
03/13/2015
The Caribbean region as a whole is growing economically, driven by tourism
03/10/2015
Some companies pay lip-service to gender diversity, but not CIBC FirstCaribbean International Bank.
03/10/2015
If there was a sector that truly dominated the headlines globally throughout the course of 2014 it was the Information Technology (IT) sector.
03/10/2015
There were 628 deals in the quarter, down on 689 recorded in Q3 but likely to edge higher as the flurry of year-end transactions is reported.
03/10/2015
Financing employee benefits through a captive provides substantial savings opportunities for multinational companies, according Towers Watson's multinational pooling and benefit captives study.
03/09/2015
Figures from the Guernsey Financial Services Commission also show that the net asset value of all funds under management and administration in Guernsey fell by £42.2 billion (16.2%) during the fourth quarter to £218.7 billion.
03/08/2015
On Friday officials from PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC) stressed that the value and need for a compensation and benefits survey is more crucial than ever for the Cayman Islands’ workforce
03/05/2015
International Women’s Day is this Sunday and an annual Grant Thornton survey released today finds weak growth for women in corporate leadership, as only 22% of senior business roles are held by women, down from 24% last year.
03/03/2015
February’s estimates for the ARC Private Client Indices (PCI) and the ARC Charity Indices (ACI) are now available for download