Channel Islands Advance In Financial Centre Rankings [Cayman Islands are 44th]
by Jason Gorringe, Tax-News.com, London Jersey and Guernsey have moved higher in the latest Global Financial Centres Index, published biannually by the Z/Yen Group. In the rankings, Jersey advances into the top twenty global financial centres, and retains its top…
First Deputy Governor Employee of the Month Awarded
Being employee of the month holds both prestige and a sense of accomplishment. On Friday 28 September 2012 at the John Gray High School Assembly Hall, Ms Lyneth Monteith, principal, was the first awardee for the Deputy Governor’s Award Scheme….
DCI Workshop Assists Entrepreneurs
The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) recently hosted a workshop on Laws and Regulations for Starting a Business in the Cayman Islands. Because of an overwhelming response to the first workshop on 17 September, a second was held on…
Cayman Brac takes pioneering role in electric vehicle rentals
Cayman Brac has become one of the first island in the Caribbean to offer electric vehicles for rent according to John Felder of Cayman Automotive Group. The service is offered through the Alexander Hotel and was officially launched on Friday…
A.M. Best Affirms Debt Ratings on Two Trust Preferred CDO Transactions
A.M. Best Co. has affirmed the debt ratings on multi-tranche collateralized obligations (CDOs) co-issued by two special purpose vehicles (SPV): Dekania CDO I, Ltd. and Dekania CDO I, Inc. (collectively known as Dekania I) and Dekania CDO II, Ltd. and…
Life Keeps Making Lemonade – [George W. in Cayman Islands]
by Michael Tomasky , the Daily Beast On the Hardball set last night, Matthews told me that George W. Bush, on November 1, i.e. five days before the election, is giving a speech in.the Cayman Islands! It’s true. What is…
Apple apologises for Maps switch ‘frustration’
Apple’s chief executive has penned an apology following a barrage of criticism caused by its switch to a new maps system. Tim Cook acknowledged that users had been frustrated by the move and repeated a pledge to improve the software….
Cayman Islands Financial Services attends ASHRM 2012
Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC) is pleased that the Cayman Islands Financial Services will be well represented at the ASHRM 2012 Annual Conference at the Gaylord National Resort & Convention Center, Washington, D.C., National Harbor held October 7th -10th….
Romney and Bain Exposed: Romney’s profit ‘harvest’ in latest video from Mother Jones
This blog is cross-posted at StewartAcuff.com Lots more problems for Mitt Romney. A former employee gave Mother Jones magazine old film clips of Romney talking about Bain Capital and its strategy for draining its acquisitions in order to generate profit….
George W. Bush To Keynote Cayman Islands Investment Conference
Not entirely the party’s message of the week. Rosie Gray , Buzzfeed Former President George W. Bush is set to deliver the keynote address at the Cayman Alternative Investment Summit on Grand Cayman just a few days before the election….
