05/04/2018
Registered agents will also have access to the proposed Bahamas' Beneficial Ownership Registry, but only for purposes of updating or adding to the records - they cannot conduct searches.
05/04/2018
The Institute of Economic Affairs has made the recommendation as part of a report on improving global financial services regulation and fostering economic growth and innovation after the UK leaves the European Union.
05/03/2018
The amendment's long-term benefits are likely to centre on image and influence.
05/02/2018
It means places like the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands will be required to introduce a register revealing the beneficial owners of assets held in the jurisdiction.
05/02/2018
Overseas territories and crown dependencies have come under increasing pressure to reveal who is behind anonymously owned companies
05/02/2018
The Labour Party has withdrawn its attempt to impose domestic policy on the Islands when presented with a better understanding of the constitutional position.
05/02/2018
The campaign features a website highlighting monthly educational videos, blog posts, and tools that seek to enable persons to make smarter choices with their funds.
05/02/2018
The amendment would require the UK Government to take steps to provide that British Overseas Territories establish publicly accessible registers of the beneficial ownership of companies.
05/02/2018
Every year, more than a trillion dollars are stolen from the poorest countries on earth.
05/02/2018
The amendment mandates that public registers of beneficial ownership be imposed on the BVI and other British Overseas Territories by the year 2020.
05/01/2018
This has ensured that the most adequate, accurate and current information is able to be exchanged quickly with the relevant law enforcement and tax authorities, in pursuit of the worldwide fight against financial crime.
05/01/2018
“The speed with which the UK Government has intervened on this issue demonstrates the value of our close co-operation and our centuries of shared heritage.”
05/01/2018
Both CARICOM and the OECS have lambasted the UK for being ‘discriminatory’ to their British territories.
05/01/2018
The Act affects those who are interested in creating, promoting, investing in and using ICOs and digital assets as well as companies who are seeking to raise capital through initial coin offerings.
04/30/2018
"We do not know what is going to happen. I cannot make a prediction about what we will or will not do. In any event, we are unlikely to have a result on May 15. It is just the date of a hearing,"
04/30/2018
Malta’s financial services sector is experiencing a strong period of growth. It currently contributes just over 12 per cent of Malta’s GDP.
04/30/2018
Corporate register shows 13% of companies fail to name ‘persons of significant control’
04/30/2018
The main beneficiaries are expected to be Malta-based collective investment schemes and trusts or other wealth structures that need a local custodian or depositary.
04/30/2018
The strategy statement sets out the aim by which Guernsey intends to become the global jurisdictional platform supporting managers to reach global markets
04/29/2018
Ministers try to broker deal to avoid defeat in parliament