03/13/2017
Bermuda remains ILS world leader
The lack of correlation with financial markets has been one of the biggest selling points for ILS investors.
Regulation, Risk & Compliance
03/13/2017
Swiss safe haven
The agreement itself is a good development but any expectation that it would bring the money back to Pakistan is highly misplaced.
03/13/2017
A New Era of Regulation for Organisations using Personal Information in Bermuda - The Personal Information Protection Act 2016
The legislation will apply to every organisation that uses personal information in Bermuda where that personal information is used wholly or partly by automated means and where the use of personal information forms or is intended to form part of a structu
03/12/2017
Parliament makes publication of offshore transfer totals mandatory
In question are almost €10 billion that was transferred offshore without the tax authorities analysing it between 2011 and 2014.
03/12/2017
Jackson, MSME Alliance Support Plan To Protect Consumers From Banks
At the same time Jamaican banks' returns on equity and returns on assets also rank very high.
03/10/2017
Innovation and the fintech frontier
Fintech began as back-end technology supporting an established industry.
03/10/2017
Bondholders Endorse Belize's Revised Debt Structuring Plan
The current structure currently pays interest at five per cent per annum, which was scheduled to step up to 6.767 per cent in August of this year.
03/10/2017
Beyond the boundary
Over the past few decades there have been very long stretches without any decisions of significance.
03/09/2017
Bermuda Insurance Update
A.M. Best has reported that the global operating environment remains negative.
03/09/2017
OECD invites BD to join combat against fund flight
Says signing convention can help check base erosion, profit shifting to tax havens
03/09/2017
Chancellor slaps 25% charge on people who move pensions abroad to dodge UK tax bills
The crackdown could also end up deterring people from transferring pensions into jurisdictions where their savings are no longer protected by UK regulators, but by the local authorities.
03/09/2017
Grant Thornton issues further guidance on International Financial Reporting Standards
The standards are detailed and technical and can appear hard to navigate.
03/09/2017
Guernsey Property update
The Royal Bank of Scotland and Skipton continue to be seen as doing the most lending at the current time.
03/09/2017
Pakistan to sign agreement regarding bank accounts with Switzerland: Ishaq Dar
The situation demanded that Pakistan approach the Swiss government for a treaty surrounding the exchange of information, Dar added.
03/08/2017
Lax Oversight of Swiss Lawyers Blamed in EU’s Panama Probe
A Swiss lawyer does not have to abide by due diligence rules when it acts as an intermediary in setting up a company that has directors as nominal beneficiaries owners of a company
03/07/2017
IoM regulator investigates another troubled sustainable fund
The latest fund, Quadris was set up on the Isle of Man as a multi-class qualifying fund and invests in sustainable forestry plantations in Brazil that are managed by a company called Floresteca SA.
03/07/2017
Practitioners in Nevis’ Financial Services Industry urged to protect businesses; jurisdiction
The Finance Minister said officers of the Nevis Investment Promotion Authority, have been instructed to work closely with the providers to give whatever assistance need.
03/06/2017
Jersey figures make clear that private placement is effective route for marketing funds into the EU
Particularly against the backdrop of Brexit with market proving such a critical issue for managers, private placement is providing a seamless, cost-effective and flexible route into key European investor markets.
03/06/2017
Sagicor Delivers Record Earnings
Management is in discussions with the regulator, Financial Services Commission.
03/06/2017
deVere Group receives investment banking licence
The investment banking licence comes just six weeks after deVere launched its own private bank