Cayman Islands Cabinet gives green light for Office Of Ombudsman
Cabinet has agreed to the outline business case for the establishment of an Ombudsman’s Office. This gives a green light for work to begin to combine the Office of the Complaints Commissioner and the Information Commissioner’s Office to form the…
Singapore’s NRA Capital emerges as valuer of 1MDB’s Cayman investments
By Anita Gabriel From The Business Times Singapore – Singapore’s boutique finance house NRA Capital was roped in to value 1Malaysia Development Berhad’s US$2.318 billion (S$3.15 billion) controversial Cayman Islands investment by fund manager Bridge Capital Partners. This was disclosed…
Cayman Islands FATCA/CRS Compliance Deadlines (2016)
By The Foley Adviser From FoleyHoag Cayman Islands investment entities are currently subject to three separate regimes relating to financial account information reporting: U.S. FATCA, U.K. FATCA and the OECD Common Reporting Standard (CRS). Although these regimes are similar, each…
Caymanian Hannah Foreman promoted to Recruitment Administrator at Stepping Stones
SteppingStones, a professional Employment, Recruitment and Training Agency based in the Cayman Islands, is pleased to announce the promotion of Caymanian employee Hannah Foreman to Recruitment Administrator. Hannah moved to Cayman as a young child in 1996, relocating from the…
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FIFA: A World Cup of FRAUD
From Sportsmanagementdegreehub.com A look at FIFA’s ongoing corruption problem Everything FIFA sized is big [#estimated global fans per sport][7] Soccer — 3.5 billion Cricket — 2.5 billion Field Hockey — 2 billion Tennis — 1 billion Volleyball — 900 million Table…
CSI helps cruisers assess risk of crimes at ports of call in Caribbean
From Sail World The Caribbean Security Index (CSI) helps cruisers assess risk of crime at ports of call in the Caribbean. It provides a straightforward means of assessing the odds in a given area and tracking changes in probability. The…
British-led tax reporting scheme branded hypocritical by campaign groups
From Sputnik British Chancellor George Osborne has been accused of hypocrisy after unveiling an agreement with Germany, France, Italy and Spain that will see tax and law enforcement agencies from the five countries exchange data on company beneficial ownership registers…
Politicians must be squeaky clean
By Paul Stainton From Peterborough Telegraph When you see beautiful images on the telly of sun kissed beaches in the British Virgin Islands, you think of palm trees and pina colada’s, not money laundering and safety deposit boxes. Adverts for…
ILO Director General, Guy Ryder, to visit Trinidad and Tobago
Meeting with Dr the Honourable Keith Christopher Rowley, Prime Minister of the Republic of Trinidad and Tobago on the agenda. PORT OF SPAIN (ILO News) – The Director-General of the International Labour Organization (ILO), Mr Guy Ryder, is expected to…
Three ways the Caribbean can strengthen financing for private companies
By Therese Turner-Jones From Inter-American Investment Corporation Growing up in The Bahamas, I remember my grandmother’s asue. There weren’t any banks where she lived on the island of Inagua, and even if there had been, it wasn’t customary for women…
