Three Ogier teams advise on biggest UK IPO since Brexit vote
Ogier’s offices in Jersey, Guernsey and Cayman have assisted Biffa, a UK leading integrated waste management company, with its recent listing on the Main Market of the London Stock Exchange, including a refinancing and pre-IPO restructuring. The initial public offering…
EU support to the Community of Latin America and Caribbean States (CELAC)
Brussels, 26 October 2016 During the EU-CELAC ministerial meeting held in Santo Domingo on 25-26 October 2016, the European Union is announcing new programmes of over €74 million to support sustainable development in Latin America (€30 million) and the Caribbean…
RCIPS: Awards presentation
From RCIPS On Wednesday afternoon, 26th of October, eight RCIPS officers were recognized for professionalism and bravery while performing lifesaving efforts in the line of duty. The underlying incidents that gave rise to these awards are also examples of how…
Software group Misys scraps London IPO plans, joining long list of firms which have ditched floats post-Brexit
By MARK SHAPLAND FOR THIS IS MONEY From Daily Mail UK When plans were unveiled 3 weeks ago, Misys boss had brushed off Brexit O2’s Spanish owner Telefonica has also canned a planned £10bn IPO Financial software firm Misys has…
Still an unsettled Caribbean
By Mike Buresh From WOKV A large area of “disturbed” weather continues over the Eastern Atlantic at about 10 degrees N, 40 degrees W. There’s some potential for tropical development but there is not much of a chance for movement…
Cayman Islands Monetary Authority Cancellation Of Certificates of Registration
By Maree Martin, Gene A. DaCosta, Tania Dons, Craig T. Fulton From Conyers Dill & Pearman The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) issued a notice on 29 September 2016 advising that for funds that have been in Licence Under Liquidation…
Guyana wants Caricom’s help in freeing up honey trade, one year after T&T fines La Parkan
By Denis Chabrol From Demera Waves Guyana is hoping that the Caribbean Community (Caricom) can unblock Trinidad and Tobago as the route through which honey exports must be transshipped to regional and extra-regional markets, following a US$3,000 fine that La…
Tethys Petroleum Press Release: Update Regarding C$9.8 Million Private Placement With Olisol Investments Limited and Olisol Petroleum Limited
GRAND CAYMAN, CAYMAN ISLANDS–(Marketwired – Oct. 27, 2016) – Tethys Petroleum Limited (“Tethys” or the “Company”) (TSX:TPL)(LSE:TPL) today announces that the previously announced C$9.8 million private placement with Olisol Investments Limited and Olisol Petroleum Limited (together “Olisol”) has not closed…
Cayman Islands Premier heads to Joint Ministerial Council meeting
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier the Hon. Alden McLaughlin will leave the Cayman Islands Friday to travel to London to attend the annual Overseas Territories Joint Ministerial Council. The JMC will bring together political leaders from the Overseas Territories…
Regional Conference on Women opens with strong condemnation of gender violence
From Caribbean News Service MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay, Oct 26 2016 – The XIII Regional Conference on Women in Latin America and the Caribbean opened here Tuesday with a strong condemnation of violence against women in Latin America and the Caribbean. The…