blacktower expanding into caribbean latam
The UK- and Gibraltar-based Blacktower Group is expanding into the Caribbean and Latin American markets, with the establishment of an office in the Cayman Islands.
Cayman Islands
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cayman formalises tax information deal
The UK has published an intergovernmental agreement to improve international tax compliance with The Cayman Islands.
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coutts shifting trust operation base to jersey
Coutts & Co is shifting its “growing” international trust business to Jersey, and as part of this strategy is looking for a buyer for its trust operations in the Cayman Islands.
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devere cayman office nears launch
The deVere Group plans to open its first office in the Cayman Islands within days, and will aim to staff it initially with around “four to six advisers”, according to chief executive Nigel Green.
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osborne claims significant step forward
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.
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managing partners suspends redemptions
Managing Partners Ltd, a Cayman Islands-registered asset manager, has revealed that it “imposed a redemption gate” on its Traded Policies Fund, becoming the latest traded life policy fund manager to move to limit redemptions.
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cayman offers to join g5 pilot project bank info
The Cayman Islands premier Juliana O’Connor-Connolly has written to the UK prime minister David Cameron to offer to join the G5 countries’ pilot project on the automatic exchange of bank account information.
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cayman ex premier charged as commonwealth
The former premier of the Cayman Islands, McKeeva Bush, yesterday was charged with 11 counts of breech of trust, misconduct and theft.
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cayman hosting commonwealth
A four-day conference of leaders from Commonwealth countries around the world begins in the Cayman Islands today, as politicians on the island debate whether to turn down the UK’s Foreign & Commonwealth Office’s request to send observers to monitor the territory’s elections in May.
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cayman finance appoints jalles
Cayman Finance, the association which represents the interests of the Cayman Islands financial services industry, has named Gonzalo Jalles to the newly-created post of chief executive.
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cayman premier bush quietly replaced
McKeeva Bush has been replaced as premier of the Cayman Islands by the territory’s deputy premier, Julianna O'Connor-Connolly, it has been learned, as elections are set to take place in May.
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cayman islands plans overhaul to increase
Offshore financial centre the Cayman Islands, long famed for its secrecy, is reportedly planning to open thousands of companies and hedge funds domiciled there to increased scrutiny.