03/24/2014
Guernsey And AIFMD: Offering The Best Of Both Worlds
Fiona Le Poidevin explains why Guernsey provides an excellent platform for AIFMD compliant investments in Europe with all the options available to a financial centre outside the EU.
Regulation, Risk & Compliance
03/24/2014
Prestigious award honours Ramsey Crookall Director's compliance work
This was a new category for the Awards
03/17/2014
How Gibraltar can unlock regulation concerns
EU domicile is key to supporting AIFMD regulation
03/05/2014
Mauritius has 'missed the boat' on Islamic finance
This is in line with the Mauritius central bank's role as a founding member of the Malaysia-based International Islamic Liquidity Management Corp, a body backed by central banks from the Middle East, Asia and Africa.
03/03/2014
Guide To International Business Companies In Seychelles
The Seychelles' statute law on companies is contained in the Companies Ordinance
02/27/2014
Gibraltar’s financial services centre rebrands, restructures
The overhaul of the Gibraltar government’s financial services framework has been taking place without much fanfare or notice, apart from occasional, seemingly unrelated announcements that have received little coverage outside Gibraltar and southern
02/24/2014
The Offshore Top 30, 2014: The byteback begins
After the activity lull last year, offshore firms have regrouped and come out fighting with state-of-the-art technology that takes client service to a new level
02/21/2014
Isle of Man Downgraded by S&P on Offshore Finance Vulnerability
The Isle of Man was downgraded by Standard & Poor’s because the ratings company said the offshore financial center is vulnerable to growing regulatory pressure.
02/18/2014
Labuan FSA Issues New Guidelines for Labuan Insurers; Revises Guidelines on Fit and Proper Person Requiremen​ts and Labuan Fund Managers
The revised guidelines were issued on 11 February 2014 and will come into effect on 1 January 2015.
02/14/2014
Jersey Finance comments on the OECD new single global standard on automatic exchange of information
“These reforms are a platform for mobilising money transparently and allowing greater global investment, which we strongly welcome”.
02/13/2014
Cayman Islands tax 'one of the best regulated in world'
The Premier of the Cayman Islands, Alden McLaughlin, has told the BBC the territory has one of the best regulated tax systems in the world.
02/13/2014
JFSC publishes feedback on miscellaneous amendments to Regulatory Legislation
The limited number of respondents to the consultation were generally supportive of the proposed amendments and no substantive changes to the form of the draft legislation consulted upon have been considered necessary as a result of the comments received.
02/12/2014
BAF ordered to halt new pensions business
A Bahamas-based insurance company was ordered Monday to stop soliciting and/or registering new pensions business in Cayman
02/11/2014
Former SEC top brass come to Cayman
Four former commissioners of the Securities Exchange Commission, who were at the SEC during the financial crisis, will speak for the first time at a conference in the Cayman Islands in March.
02/10/2014
French Polynesian president lashes out at bank fees
French Polynesia's president, Gaston Flosse, has lashed out at local banks, saying with the fees they charge they are committing authorised theft.
02/10/2014
Bahamas, China visa policy takes effect
he Bahamas says a new policy allowing nationals to travel to China visa free for 30 days goes into effect on Wednesday, February 12.
02/10/2014
Regulatory Burden, Swiss Tax Evasion, CFTC: Compliance
Financial industry executives are almost as concerned about the growing demands of regulatory compliance as they are with market volatility
02/04/2014
SEC charges Bermudian investment adviser and principal for illegal short selling
Rule 105 prohibits any person who makes a short sale of securities during a defined restricted period prior to the pricing of that offering from purchasing the same securities in that offering.
01/30/2014
Gibraltar QROPS denial a waste of time and effort
HMRC is wasting time and effort by continuing to deny Gibraltar as an acceptable Qualifying Recognised Overseas Pension Schemes jurisdiction
01/27/2014
Grant Thornton issues updated advice on financial reporting standards for Chief Financial Officers
The publication is designed to give Chief Financial Officers a high-level awareness of recent changes that will affect companies’ future financial reporting