The Editor Speaks: More secrecy, more theories
Keep quiet and it will go away. Oh, and here is a nice tidy sum to make sure it does disappear. I am talking about the iNews Cayman story today filed under iNews Briefs “Ex Cayman police commissioner settles suit…
UK on-shore shale gas and land rights: Can a so called “legal block” stop the UK shale play in its tracks?
From Eversheds 2013 was a year in which the UK environmental lobby began to mobilise against the UK unconventional gas industry. The autumn saw the establishment of a protest camp at Barton Moss in Greater Manchester in response to exploratory…
Record participation in Caribbean tsunami warning exercise
REPORT from UN Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organization The level of participation in the tsunami warning exercise that took place on 26 March in the Caribbean was unprecedented, compared with similar exercises in 2011 and 2013. Organized under the auspices…
iNews Briefs
Ex Cayman police commissioner settles suit for undisclosed sum Joint statement issued by the Campbells law firm representing Mr. Stuart Kernohan and Attorney General Samuel Bulgin’s office, represented in the matter by the HSM Chambers law firm: “The Cayman Islands…
Islamic Finance: From the Cayman Islands to the Middle East and beyond
By Louise Groom and Joanna Hossack From Harneys The use of off shore companies in Islamic finance is driven by many of the same factors as in conventional banking, as tax efficiency, bankruptcy-remoteness and privacy are considerations common to most…
World Autism Awareness Day is Wednesday, April 2nd
Join the Special Needs Foundation of Cayman in celebrating World Autism Awareness Day at Camana Bay Wednesday, April 2nd Come see Camana Bay’s Town Centre lit up blue from Monday March 31st – Sunday April 6th in honour of Autism…
Why Russia won’t tank the U.S. Treasury Market
By Catherine L. Mann from Bloomberg The standoff between the U.S. and Russia over Ukraine has sparked renewed interest in a troubling question: Do the U.S. government’s vast debts to foreign nations present a threat to its national security? The…
UK Enters into tax agreements with the Cayman Islands and other offshore jurisdictions
From JDSupra The UK and the Cayman Islands recently entered into an agreement to improve international tax compliance (ITC). Similar to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA), the ITC imposes wide-ranging UK financial reporting obligations on financial institutions…
Cartoon of the Day
By Tony Zuvela, Cartoonist “It’s my own little World which I can escape to everyday and create a fun, weird, berserk Cartoon to whatever subject I like. I enjoy doing all the work myself, and all the aspects of Cartooning,…
Cayman still reigns supreme
By Charles Gubert From CooConnect Among the many findings in the UK Financial Conduct Authority’s (FCA) just published Hedge Fund Survey is the “revelation” that the EU’s Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) has not facilitated an exodus of managers…
