Des Traynor – Irish elite’s top money manager [he sent millions to Cayman Islands]
By Gareth Morgan From Independent.IE DesS Traynor was the man who managed money for many of Ireland’s most important people – and sent millions offshore to destinations such as the Cayman Islands. He moved money through a complex series of…
LDK Solar announces sanction of Cayman Islands Scheme
GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands, and SUNNYVALE, Calif., Nov. 10, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — LDK Solar CO., Ltd. in provisional liquidation (“LDK Solar”) and its Joint Provisional Liquidators, Tammy Fu and Eleanor Fisher, both of Zolfo Cooper (Cayman) Limited, announced today that,…
Worldwide: Beyond FATCA – Additional International Tax Compliance Obligations announced
Article by Peter Stafford, Don W. Ebanks, Alaina Danley, Jill Mojica, Jonathan Doak and James Woodbridge From DMS Offshore Investment Services On October 29th, 2014 in Berlin, Germany, the Cayman Islands and 50 other jurisdictions signed on to the OECD…
New Commodity Fund [Cayman Islands-based unit]
By Olly Ludwig From ETF Watch Invesco PowerShares, fresh from inking a proposed deal to next year take over an 11-fund suite of futures-based commodity ETFs from Deutsche Bank, today rolled out a different kind of commodity ETF that will…
Full schedule planned for International Men’s Day in Cayman Islands
Several events will help celebrate International Men’s Day, which is observed on 19 November each year. Organized by the Family Resource Centre (FRC), activities will highlight men’s contribution to society as well as areas that may need strengthening. The Cayman…
Cayman Islands court leaves tax agreement in tatters
By Michael West From Sydney Morning Herald Investigators for the Australian Tax Office and their lawyers were told by a judge last year that if they travelled to the Cayman Islands they could be locked up. A year earlier the…
The Cayman Islands Segregated Portfolio Company turns sixteen
By Rachael Reynolds, Partner, and Jennifer Fox, Senior Associate, Ogier, Cayman Islands From International Corporate Rescue May 2014 marks the sixteenth anniversary of the Cayman Islands segregated portfolio company (‘SPC’). This article takes a look back at the SPC’s first…
Fitch affirms Cayman Islands Taboada Finance Limited Sr. secured notes following funding of 2011-3 Notes
November 07, 2014 05:16 PM Eastern Standard Time CHICAGO–(BUSINESS WIRE)–Fitch Ratings has affirmed the ratings assigned to the notes issued by Taboada Finance Limited, a special purpose company incorporated in the Cayman Islands, as follows: –Series 2011-1 S/. 572,089,000 notes…
St Vincent reeling from three murders committed in 15 hours
From Caribbean360 KINGSTOWN, St. Vincent, Monday November 10, 2014, CMC – The police are investigating three murders on the weekend that have brought the homicide count this year to 36. “Police can confirm that for the past 15 hours or…
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,…
