Appleby adds investment funds partner in Cayman
From hedgeweek Offshore law firm Appleby has appointed Alex Brainis as a partner in the Investment Funds group, in the firms’ Cayman Islands office. Managing Partner, Bryan Hunter, says: “On behalf of the partners, it is my pleasure to extend…
Cayman Islands General Elections exactly a year away
General Elections in the Cayman Islands are scheduled to take place exactly one year from today (Tuesday, 24 May 2016). The 24 May 2017 elections are expected to usher in major changes to the Cayman Islands, as for the first…
P-Notes: An attempt to lift the veil, establish investors’ identity
Written by George Mathew , Khushboo Narayan | Mumbai From The Indian Express The govt has been seeking to regulate P-notes since their introduction. The RBI has opposed them as it’s impossible to know actual beneficiaries. A whopping Rs 4,50,000…
Winners of the Regional Investor of the Year Awards
INNOVATIVE INVESTORS RECOGNISED AT THE 3rd REGIONAL INVESTOR OF THE YEAR AWARDS 2016 Miami, FLORIDA, May 24, 2016. The Caribbean Export Development Agency (Caribbean Export) and the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA) are pleased to announce the winners…
A Peruvian Amazon Community Is Putting Up a Fight Against the Expansion of Oil Palm
Written by Juan Arellano Translated by Teodora C. Hasegan From Global Voices This post is a version of an article originally published on Juan Arellano’s Globalizado blog. Santa Clara of Uchunya is a small community in the Peruvian Amazon, located…
BNP Paribas to close Cayman Islands business – Attac website
Reuters From euronews PARIS (Reuters) – French bank BNP Paribas plans to close its remaining business in the Cayman Islands, campaign group Attac reported on its website on Tuesday, in the wake of the Panama Papers revelations about tax havens….
Five firms plant themselves on Bayer’s mega Monsanto bid
By Jennifer Henderson, From The Am Law Daily Eight months after seed leader Monsanto Co. abandoned its $45.2 billion saga to acquire Switzerland’s Syngenta AG, the St. Louis-based agribusiness giant found itself the target of a mammoth takeover bid by…
The British pound is on fire — here’s what’s happening in FX
By Elena Holodny From Business Insider Good afternoon! The British pound is stronger by 1.0% at 1.4622 against the dollar at 12:03 p.m. ET. This follows a new poll conducted by the ORB for the Daily Telegraph, which suggests that…
WTF Launches New Collaborative Bidding Process for 2017-2021
“It is not just a contract but a partnership.” SEOUL, Korea (May 23, 2016) – The World Taekwondo Federation (WTF) today [Mon] announced an innovative bidding process for all its WTF events between 2017 and 2021 as it looks to…
Gadget of the week
‘Mommy robot’ can build and test its own babies By Mariella Moon From engadget A University of Cambridge team of researchers has created a “mother robot” capable of giving birth to — or more correctly, building its own — baby…
