Standards Commissioner to decide if peer’s contract with Cayman Islands broke rules
By Melanie Newman From The Bureau of Investigative Journalism A senior Conservative peer is to face a second Parliamentary investigation into his lobbying activities on behalf of a Caribbean tax haven. Lord Blencathra was investigated and cleared by the Lords…
Premier meets with Baroness Warsi
GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands – Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin has met with Senior Secretary of State for the Foreign and Commonwealth Office and Chairperson of the Global Islamic Finance and Investment Group The Right Hon. Baroness Sayeeda Warsi in London….
FATCA Final Regulations – Update For Cayman And Irish CLO Issuers
By Alasdair Robertson, Mark Matthews, Scott Macdonald and Nicola Bashforth Maples and Calder On 20 February 2014 the US Treasury and the IRS released a set of revisions to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”) final regulations (the…
National Conference on Women to “Inspire Change”
Following the Cayman Islands Government’s December 2013 request for the United Kingdom to extend the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination against Women (CEDAW) to the Cayman Islands, the Ministry of Education, Employment and Gender Affairs will…
Cayman premier’s speech at UCCI Anti-Corruption conference
UCCI Caribbean Conference Premier Hon. Alden McLaughlin, MBE, JP, MLA The Ethical and Anti-Corruption Framework of the Cayman Islands Government: Lessons for the Caribbean Good morning, I thank President Roy Bodden and the leadership at the University College of the…
Captive Managers handpick Cayman
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has licenced three new captive managers, filtering global captive business into one cohesive domicile. It is important for captive managers to choose an environment that has an established track record and the continued success of…
UCCI International Ethics Conference opens March 19 – 21, 2014
See also Programme of Plenary Sessions following this story RBC Royal Bank Sponsors UCCI International Ethics Conference March 19 – 21, 2014 RBC Royal Bank is sponsoring this week’s international conference in the Cayman Islands, entitled Toward a Corruption Free…
Small business relief package submitted to Government for consideration
The Chamber Council has written to the Ministry of Commerce recommending a series of cost reduction measures intended to provide immediate assistance to small businesses. The submission follows the public announcement by the Premier at the CEO conference on the…
iNews Briefs
FTC Investigating Herbalife By Chris Morran From Consumerist For more than a year, some have accused nutritional supplement company Herbalife of operating a pyramid scheme and called for federal authorities to investigate the business. Today, the company confirmed that it…
Cayman Water leak detection tracer method project
1. Summary- Cayman Water’s (CW) “tracer method” leak detection project is designed to detect and pinpoint water leaks in CW buried water mains. The method employed is to use inert helium gas as a tracer material. 2. Purpose- The project…
