07/14/2022

Cutting red tape to new investors

Suggesting that only projects worth $100m or more go before the NEC, which is really the Cabinet or a Cabinet committee/sub-committee, the report said the political directorate’s role was viewed by investors and their advisers as “non-value ad

07/13/2022

Cayman freezes US$8.7 billion in Russian assets

This represents over US$1 billion more than initially reported in April by the cross-government task force established to coordinate the application of sanctions against Russia.

07/11/2022

Bermuda Government’s two-bond buyback

The Government will determine in its sole discretion the aggregate principal amount of Existing Notes of each series validly tendered in accordance with the terms and conditions that it will accept for purchase.

07/11/2022

Real Estate Transactions: Legislative Amendments

These amendments are reflected in the Real Property Tax (Amendment) Act, 2022, the Stamp (Amendment) Act, 2022, and the Value Added Tax (Amendment) Act, 2022, (which all took effect on 1 July 2022) and are set out below.

07/08/2022

BOJ’s tightening dilemma

This is because the Government of Jamaica has relatively limited capacity to provide meaningful economic stimulus that could coax the economy out of a recession.

07/08/2022

Insurers and Insurance Managers: Review & Reset Items

Note that if a company remains in ‘enquiries pending’ for an uninterrupted period of not less than three months, that is treated as prima facie evidence that a breach has occurred and a fine may be issued.

07/07/2022

BMA Issue Warning About Renfrew Capital

The Authority has found that the content on the webpages has been copied directly from regulated financial service providers, which is not typical of legitimate websites.