BVI signs TIEA with Japan
By Aki Corsoni-Husain , Mirza Manraj, Ross Munro From Harneys The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government entered into its twenty-sixth tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with the Government of Japan on 18 June 2014. This new TIEA is not present…
OffshoreAlert Conference Europe: Agenda Launch
OffshoreAlert has just released the agenda for their third annual European conference on ‘Financial Intelligence & Investigations’, which will take place in London on November 10 and 11. A limited number of Pre-Sale Tickets are available until August 13 for…
BVI setting up shark sanctuary
From Caribbean Business The British Virgin Islands declared its territorial waters a sanctuary for all shark species this to help protect the marine predators whose global numbers have been dramatically dwindling. Kedrick Pickering, deputy premier and minister for natural resources,…
Former CEO of BVI firm indicted for allegedly bribing government officials
From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, CMC – The United States Department of Justice (DOJ) says the former co-chief executive officer of PetroTiger Ltd – a British Virgin Islands (BVI) oil and gas company with operations in Colombia and offices…
A legal overview of M&A in the Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands
Article by Nick Evans, Suzanne Correy, Michael Gagie and Matthew Gilbert Maples and Calder Against global trends, gradual growth in both the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) merger and acquisition (“M&A”) activity continued through 2013, led by…
HK banks including HSBC rejecting companies & trusts registered in Cayman Islands
By Benjamin Robertson From South China Morning Post Account problems cloud Hong Kong hub hopes Companies and trusts are finding it hard to set up banking services in the city, threatening its hopes of becoming service centre of Far East…
Consolidated Water Co. Ltd. (CWCO) Q4 2013 Earnings Conference Call March 18,
From Seeking Alpha Good morning, and welcome to the Consolidated Water Company 2013 Operating Results Conference Call. Forward statements warning ……. And I would now like to turn the conference over to Rick McTaggart. Please go ahead. Frederick McTaggart –…
BVI Signs “UK FATCA” and US FACTA is expected to follow
By Aki Corsoni-Husain, Ross Munro From Harneys BVI Signs “UK FATCA” The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) Government signed an agreement (“UK/BVI IGA”) with the United Kingdom providing for automatic exchange of financial information relating to UK tax payers who hold…
China’s elite caught storing riches in Caribbean offshore haven
Posted by sage From Golden Age of Gai By James Ball, The Guardian Relatives of political leaders including China’s current president and former premier named in trove of leaked documents from the British Virgin Islands. More than a dozen family…
Destination paradise [Cayman is one – of course!]
By Maura McBride From Irish Independent For Ireland’s young professionals, utopian destinations are no longer just to be explored while on holiday. Twenty and thirty-somethings are moving to far-flung destinations in search of higher pay and a better quality of…
