Gorgeous 30-day timelapse
Gorgeous 30-day timelapse captures what it’s like to be out at sea BY XAVIER PIEDRA From Mashable The ocean is equally as beautiful as it is terrifying. This couldn’t have been captured anymore perfectly than in this timelapse video by…
Worldwide: Avoiding The Nuclear Option
By Joanne Collett, Timothy Haynes, Fiona MacAdam, Robert Foote and Neil Lupton Walkers From Mondaq The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands (the “Court”) has appointed ‘soft touch’ provisional liquidators (“PLs”) to the Hong Kong listed company CW Group Holdings…
Britain retains lead in currency trading despite Brexit vote
From WN Britain has extended its lead in the global currency trading business in the two years since it voted to leave the European Union, in another sign London is likely to continue to be one of the world’s top…
Governments around the world are using laws to silence LGBTIQ civil society
Read online: https://www.outrightinternational.org/content/governments-around-world-are-using-laws-silence-lgbtiq-civil-society Download map: https://www.outrightinternational.org/righttoregister Today, OutRight Action International launches their latest report, The Global State of LGBTI Organizing: The Right to Register. The report highlights a phenomenon in which governments are trying to silence a growing movement for…
OPINION: The Art Of The Deal as taught in Havana, Cuba
By Jolly Green The way to a man’s heart is through his stomach, so the saying goes. Picture taken July 13 2018 at the Saint Cristobel Palace Hotel, Havana, Cuba. [San Cristobel Palada, Havana] Two very fat doctorate owners Dr…
FDI from Cayman Islands jumps 1,600%, tops inflows from Germany
By Dipu Rai From DNA India The Cayman Islands, one of the most notorious tax havens in the world, has flooded 1,600% more money as Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) equity into Indian market during the financial year 2017-18. Cayman Island…
UWI only Caribbean institution in 2018 Latin America University Ranking
From Jamaica Gleaner Cementing its place as the Caribbean’s top University, The University of the West Indies (The UWI) made its debut in the Times Higher Education University Rankings as the only institution in the Caribbean region to be listed…
Singapore’s new structure to rival Cayman Islands funds
By Francis Nikolai Acosta From Funds Selector Asia Will Singapore’s new corporate structure for traditional and alternative managers grow at the expense of Cayman Island-domiciled funds? The regulations for the new structure, the Singapore Variable Capital Company (S-VACC), are expected…
World’s biggest Corporate Tax Haven? It’s no Paradise Island
From OZY Why You Should Care Taxes on offshore U.S. corporate earnings could pay for much-needed stuff back home. For countries in the tax haven game, it’s a race to the bottom. Singapore’s welcome mat? Corporate taxes at just 17…
Cayman Islands: Solomon Harris plan to go International with Bedell Cristin merger
Grand Cayman, CAYMAN ISLANDS, 10 JULY 2018 The partners of Solomon Harris have announced that they will merge with offshore law firm Bedell Cristin. It is hoped that the deal will complete by the end of August and Solomon Harris…