Cayman Alternative Investment Summit 2016 set to deliver “supercharged” insights
From Private Equity Wire The Cayman Alternative Investment Summit (CAIS) has become an authoritative platform for fresh thinking on alternative investing and 2016 is set to raise the bar another notch higher. Taking place at the Ritz-Carlton Hotel between 4th…
NFL great Dan Marino inspires Cayman Islands medical leader
Dan Marino Inspires Medical Leader In The Caribbean Island of Cayman Islands CAYMAN ISLANDS – Dan Marino, NFL great inspired one of the world’s leading orthopedic surgeons in the Caribbean, Dr. Alwin Almeida. Dr. Almeida was inspired by meeting the…
Kassirer Asset Management purchases new position in WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (WX)
From American Banking News WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) logoKassirer Asset Management purchased a new position in shares of WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE:WX) during the third quarter, according to its most recent Form 13F filing with the SEC. The hedge fund…
Sidley partner who left firm amid sex assault charges found not guilty
By Nell Gluckman, From The Am Law Daily Two years after prosecutors charged Sidley Austin real estate partner Stanley Stallworth with sexually assaulting an 18-year-old man, a judge in Chicago has found Stallworth not guilty. Stanley Stallworth, 52, joined Sidley…
Destinations of the week
The most expensive countries for tourists to visit By Sophie-Claire Hoeller From Business Insider Zurich, SwitzerlandShutterstock / Andreas ZerndlSwitzerland is the most expensive country to visit in the world. You know which cities to avoid in order to dodge exorbitantly…
Beware the US threat
By George Alleyne From Barbados Today There is a danger that Caribbean Community (CARICOM) nations who stuck with Cuba throughout the Cold War period and onwards may be swept out of that Caribbean island’s market in this era of normalisation…
Attorney Geoffrey Romany sentenced to six years in prison
By St. Clair Sazam Hull, Nevispages.com From Times Caribbean (CHARLESTOWN NEVIS)-The Eastern Caribbean Supreme Court, Nevis Circuit resumed its sitting on Thursday, December 10, 2015 before Her Ladyship Justice Lorraine Williams. The matter before the court was that of Geoffrey…
IMF slashes Bahamas 2016 growth to 1.5%
By Neil Hartnell From Tribune 242 The International Monetary Fund (IMF) has slashed its 2016 growth forecast for the Bahamas by a further 0.7 percentage points to just 1.5 per cent, due to the Baha Mar impasse. The Fund, in…
‘Technology is transforming the money transfer market’
By Elizabeth Pears From The Voice UK Moneygram director shares company’s plan to expand ‘priceless’ service to make it easier and quicker to send cash home HAPPY FAMILIES: Technology is changing the way families send money to loved ones WITH…
Colombia, Spain at odds over $3 billion sunken treasure trove
From Straits Times BOGOTA (AFP) – Billions of dollars in gold and silver from an 18th century shipwreck have left Spain and former colony Colombia at odds over who rightfully owns the loot. The disagreement is over the “San Jose,”…
