04/26/2017

Africa: Mauritians Are Africa's Wealthiest People

Mauritians are the wealthiest people in Africa per capita, a study shows. The Africa Wealth Report 2017 was produced by New World Wealth for Mauritian private and corporate bank AfrAsia and published Monday by The Namibian newspaper.

04/26/2017

Bermuda is going to pot

The list placed Bermuda between New Zealand and Australia, where cannabis usage was estimated at 11.1 per cent and 10.2 per cent respectively.

04/24/2017

BMA: insurers show ‘continued strength’

“Bermuda’s positive reputation means that more reinsurers and insurers are controlling and managing the primary operations of their group structure from Bermuda.”

04/23/2017

Fintech developments could affect the Island

The survey, which collated replies from over 1,300 respondents in 71 countries, also found that over three-quarters of the companies intended to adopt blockchain technology by 2020

04/11/2017

Tax Havens Can Be Surprisingly Close to Home

Gabriel Zucman, an economist at the University of California, Berkeley, has estimated that as of 2013, about 10 percent of the world's financial wealth -- more than $6 trillion – was held in such locales.