Client services provider JTC has hired Michelle Le Herissier to head up its office in the British Virgin Islands (BVI), with Latin America and Asia identified as core growth markets for the business.
Gibraltar has signed a memorandum of understanding with the British Virgin Islands in a bid to improving the exchange of information between the two jurisdictions.
Guernsey, Hong Kong, and the British Virgin Islands have been named among the 30 most un-cooperative tax jurisdictions in a blacklist published by the European Commission.
The British Virgin Islands court has ruled on how Victory Lifes assets will be distributed among policyholders after the company was put into liquidation at the end of last year.
A British Virgin Islands domiciled life and pensions company has been put into liquidation after two of its principals were prosecuted by the Swedish Economic Crime Authority.
Castlestone Management is to increase the dealing frequency of its Aliquot Gold Bullion Income Fund from weekly to daily.
Geneva-headquartered Vistra has opened an office in the British Virgin Islands to meet growing demand for trust services there.
Relatives of China’s top political leaders‚ past and present‚ are among nearly 22‚000 people in China and Hong Kong whose offshore holdings have been revealed in a leaked cache of documents unveiled yesterday.
Ogier has awarded partnership status to two of its lawyers in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands.
The British Virgin Islands, Gibraltar, Montserrat, the Turks and Caicos Islands and Bermuda have signed tax information sharing agreements with the UK Government.
UK chancellor George Osborne claims to have a made a “significant step forward in tackling illicit finance”, after the Treasury announced “all British Overseas Territories with significant financial centres” had agreed to sign up to its latest strategy on tax transparency.
The British Virgin Islands has introduced a new fund regime, making it quicker and easier for fund groups to launch new funds in the jurisdiction.
