Local Charities Benefit from Maples and Calder’s Casual Fridays
Dressing casually for work on Fridays may be an added perk that many take for granted. However the staff at Maples and Calder have the opportunity to take it one step further and regularly contribute to various charities on a…
Lord Ashcroft will have to publicly counter accusations that he made loans to corrupt Caribbean politician
Hon Mr Justice Eady’s decision is the latest development in a “long and tortuous” legal battle between the Tory’s former deputy chairman and the former owners of The Independent. The billionaire Conservative peer Lord Ashcroft will have to publicly counter…
Second Civil Service Orientation Held
A group of civil service recruits recently attended mandatory orientation training to familiarise them with them with organisational structure and legal principles which exist in government. The 32 participants ranged from the Clerk of Courts to other recent hires in…
Ignition and Fiderus form strategic alliance to deliver local IT services and support in Cayman
Leading IT providers in Cayman collaborate to deliver disaster recovery, private cloud, on-site support, 24/7 service desk and data storage in Cayman. Ignition and Fiderus are delighted to announce they have entered into a strategic alliance to deliver local solutions…
Statement of the Cayman Islands Law Society on payroll tax
The Cayman Islands’ economic activity and ability to generate income are entirely dependent upon foreign source income. Our financial industry services investment vehicles, which receive their funds from persons outside of the Cayman Islands, and our tourist industry services persons…
Pan-American Life Insurance Group Completes Acquisition of Majority of MetLife® Assets including in the Cayman Islands
Pan-American Life Insurance Group (PALIG), a leading provider of insurance and financial services throughout the Americas, today announced it received regulatory approval and has completed its acquisition of assets and businesses of MetLife in the Cayman Islands, Costa Rica, Panama,…
Scathing comments in ICO Decision relating to POCS and ODG recruitment exercise
We set out below in its entirety the Information Commissioner for the Cayman Islands’ Decision ICO Hearing 21-2012 in the Portfolio of the Civil Service (POCS) and the Office of the Deputy Governor (ODG) relating to the recruitment exercise resulting…
Ogier Stroke and Stride – 2012 Registration Now Open
The 2012 Ogier Stroke and Stride series will be held on August 8th, 15th and 22nd. Sponsored by Ogier, the Stroke and Stride is a 3-series charity fund-raiser race held every August with the start and finish at Sunset House. It attracts a…
Cayman Islands Chamber of Commerce ‘Quick’ Review of Budget Statement
The Chamber of Commerce is reviewing the budget statement delivered 25 July by the Premier W. McKeeva Bush. We intend to provide an analysis after consultation with the Council of Associations and the wider Chamber membership to determine the impact…
Butterfield Reports Second Quarter Profit
Hamilton, Bermuda─ 31 July 2012: The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (“Butterfield” or the “Bank”) today reported second quarter net income of $16.2 million ($0.02 per Share on a fully diluted basis), up 37.7% compared to $11.8 million…
