Alibaba, Baidu to find homes in MSCI Indexes
By Todd Shriber From ETF Trends MSCI (NYSE: MSCI), one of the largest providers of indexes for use by exchange traded funds, will allow some companies with primary stock market listings outside of their home domiciles into the firm’s equity…
CIFA Senior Men’s President Cup Semi-finals Draw & Women’s President’s Cup Semi-finals
Please click on all Attachments to enlarge Please see the results of the Draw for the Senior Men’s President’s Cup. Please also see the results of the Women’s President’s Cup Semi-final matches played on Saturday. The first leg of the…
[Cayman Islands] Weavering Hedge Fund founder found guilty of fraud
By Laurence Fletcher From Wall Street Journal Jury Finds Swedish Financier Guilty on 8 Counts The conviction of hedge fund manager Magnus Peterson on Monday marks a winning end to a long-running probe by the U.K.’s Serious Fraud Office. In…
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Berkeley: Message of Bob Marley is basis of new children’s musical
By Chris Treadway Contra Costa Times From San Jose mercury News BERKELEY — The late Jamaican reggae singer Bob Marley is not the first person to spring to mind when thinking about a new children’s theatrical production. After all, the…
7 venture capitalists predict what will happen in 2015
By Jonathan Shieber From Techcrunch From cloud wars to the certainty that there will be hacks, venture capitalists believe that 2015 will be a year of tumult and (in public markets anyway) triumph for the startup world. Here are the…
Cayman Islands: Happy New Year 2015 From Lifestyles with Donna
Your personal best is my business. Lifestyles helps you understand and connects the dots of the mind/body/spirit connection to your health and success. Please see class information below and accompanying flyer on The Balancing Owl, June Retreat, 2015 at The…
Tethys Petroleum Limited: New US$6 Million Loan Financing
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS, Jan 16, 2015 (Marketwired via COMTEX) — Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TPL)(TPL) is pleased to announce that it has signed an agreement for a US$6 million loan facility. Key terms – Financing: Unsecured…
Private equity funds in the Cayman Islands
Introduction This briefing explains the attractions for international managers, sponsors and investors of the Cayman Islands as the jurisdiction in which to domicile a private equity fund. The term “private equity fund” commonly denotes a non-retail fund investing in illiquid…
Cayman SPCs can now form Portfolio Insurance Companies
Introduction On 16 January 2015 the Cayman Islands Government brought into force certain sections of Part 4A of the Insurance Law, 2010 and passed the Insurance (Portfolio Insurance Companies) Regulations, 2015, thereby allowing insurers formed as segregated portfolio companies (“SPCs”)…
