03/25/2015
Clearstream now offers five offshore RMB accounts in four leading financial centres and will give customers more options and flexibility in managing offshore RMB liquidity
03/25/2015
The Bahamas is taking steps in the right direction to raise its profile as an attractive funds centre
03/25/2015
Securitisation is often associated with the financial crash of 2008 which was in part caused by the over rating of pools of mortgages within Collateralised Debt Obligations (CDOs) which started a chain reaction of events exposing weaknesses in an already
03/25/2015
Gavin Parker, head of intermediaries, funds and captives at Barclays in ILS Guernsey examines why Insurance Linked Securities have become a popular asset class once again
03/23/2015
Insurance and reinsurance company registrations in Bermuda have been dominated by insurance-linked securities focused vehicles and hedge fund reinsurance operations
03/22/2015
Ravenscroft purchases 75% stake in UK stockbroking firm
Ravenscroft has expanded into the UK after purchasing a 75 per cent stake in Peterborough-based private client stockbroking company A Vartan, which will re-brand as Vartan Ravenscroft.
03/19/2015
Loans came from Gibraltar-based company controlled by Heather founder Gregory King
03/17/2015
A new hedge fund backed annuity and life insurance company has received its rating, showing that the trend towards leveraging hedge fund strategies to boost insurance or reinsurance company performance is expanding.
03/13/2015
Beechwood Opens Headquarters in Hamilton, Bermuda
The new office, according to David Lessing, Executive Vice President of Beechwood, "represents an important next step in Beechwood's commitment to offering unique solutions for our clients.
03/13/2015
First accounts move to Ireland’s ICAV funds
The bill also includes a mechanism for non-Irish investment companies to migrate to Ireland
03/12/2015
Ogier recently advised Cinven on its acquisition of Premium Credit Limited for an enterprise value of £462 million.
03/12/2015
Provides enhanced options for managing personal asset protection of directors and officers
03/11/2015
The island will be the first place in the world to pass a "regulatory framework" for the alternative payment method.
03/11/2015
Meikles Limited shareholders are putting pressure on the group’s embattled executive chairman, John Moxon, to come clean on “mysterious” offshore investments in the British Virgin Islands.
03/10/2015
Bermuda Stock Exchange-listed property company buys £61m Guernsey office
A number of property funds based abroad are taking up secondary listings in SA to meet a growing appetite for the reliable and growing sector.
03/08/2015
Minister of Financial Services Wayne Panton said the Hedgeweek award confirms that Cayman is a preferred place for doing business
03/08/2015
QROPS Solve Expat Pension Banking Problems
Expat pensioners are suffering from the knock-on effects of tighter financial regulation following the credit crunch as British banks close overseas accounts
03/06/2015
Activist Fund Sandell Forms Bermuda Reinsurer Following Loeb
Sandell Re will rely on the hedge fund to oversee the reinsurer’s assets, the New York-based firm said Thursday in a statement.
03/05/2015
Substance drives up interest in Guernsey
AIFMD has introduced some potentially onerous requirements
03/05/2015
Gibraltar Funds Gain Preferential Access Rights To German Market
The German financial regulator has recently adopted a reciprocal private placement policy the effect of which is that where German funds not within scope of AIFMD are allowed to be privately placed into other EU member states