Governance of Cayman hedge funds — prime brokerage matters
From Macfarlanes Governance of Cayman Islands regulated mutual funds has received a great deal of focus recently from all corners, including the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA), the Cayman Islands Courts and the market at large, particularly institutional investors. This…
Grenada celebrates 40th anniversary of political independence
From Caribbean360 Grenada was the first English-speaking Caribbean Community (CARICOM) country to have a change of government by the bullet rather than the ballot. ST. GEORGE’S, Grenada, Friday February 7, 2014, CMC – Grenada is celebrating its 40th anniversary of…
American motorcycling through Mexico has been missing for more than 2 weeks
By Christina Sterbenz From Business Insider PHOTO:Facebook/Harry Devert Harry Devert posted this photo to his Facebook on January 20. The caption reads: “With my Charros Uriangato…my new favorite place in Mexico” A New York man who was riding a motorcycle…
Two Allegations of Crime committed in connection with Operation Tempura made
John Evans, the former Cayman Net News reporter who was at the very start of the costly mess into police corruption called Operation Tempura, has filed two letters of complaint alleging crime was committed within the Cayman Islands and the…
CSL Insider: Grand Cayman
By Shivana Maharaj From City Style and living Magazine Michael’s Genuine Grand Cayman James Beard award winner Michael Schwartz brings his homemade, laid back approach to food at Michael’s Genuine Grand Cayman. The restaurant uses local ingredients and continues a…
CIFA Results and Fixtures
CIFA Under 13 League Update Please see the following attachments: CIFA Under 13 League Update Also please note that CIFA has decided to postpone ALL Under 13 League matches scheduled for next week Monday, 17th February ahead of the C3…
Your body odor could be your new ID card
By Nic Halverson for Discovery News From Mashable Facial recognition, fingerprints and iris scans could soon take a back seat to the newest biometric identification method on the block: body odor. Researchers at Spain’s Universidad Politecnica de Madrid, in collaboration…
BVI Signs “UK FATCA” and US FACTA is expected to follow
By Aki Corsoni-Husain, Ross Munro From Harneys BVI Signs “UK FATCA” The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) Government signed an agreement (“UK/BVI IGA”) with the United Kingdom providing for automatic exchange of financial information relating to UK tax payers who hold…
Qunar to report fourth quarter and fiscal year 2013 financial results on February 27
BEIJING, (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) — Qunar Cayman Islands Limited (“Qunar” or the “Company”) (Nasdaq:QUNR), the leading search-based commerce platform for the Chinese travel industry, today announced that it will report its financial results for the fourth quarter and fiscal year ended…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…