The Editor Speaks: When is sick leave really sick leave?
Having told you yesterday (Wed) that I have been and am still sick and hoping for scores of emails expressing sympathy or various ‘jungle’ remedies to cure me or even poison me, I then read of a government employee who…
Loch Ness monster thought to have been captured on Apple Maps
From Caribbean360 LOCH NESS, Scotland, Thursday April 24, 2014 – Sightings of the legendary Loch Ness monster – the fabled prehistoric marine giant said to have survived for centuries in the large freshwater loch (lake) in the Scottish Highlands –…
Caribbean and Central American countries teaming up for seismic and climate catastrophe risk coverage
From World Bank Since its creation seven years ago, CCRIF has made eight payouts amounting to US$32 million to help countries manage budget volatility in the aftermath of recent natural hazards. Nine countries in Central America and the Caribbean experienced…
Problem solved: New Cayman Contracts law
The Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Law 2014 From Solomon Harris The Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly has approved the anticipated Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Law, 2014 (the ‘Law’), although it has yet to be formally Gazetted. Here we look…
Structured Finance – Why Cayman?
Article by Alasdair Robertson and Nicola Bashforth From Maples and Calder Cayman SPVs The Cayman Islands is one of the leading jurisdictions in which to establish special purpose vehicles (SPVs) used for securitisation and other structured-finance transactions. A structured-finance transaction…
Argentina Asks Supreme Court to Protect It From ‘Vulture’ Hedge Fund
By Peter Coy From Bloomberg It’s hard to decide which is the less sympathetic party appearing before the U.S. Supreme Court today. Is it Argentina, which has repeatedly defaulted on foreign debt? Or is it a hedge fund controlled by…
Amicorp Cayman Islands
Ian Goddard is an Accredited Director with over seventeen years experience in the financial services industry in the Cayman Islands. He has an in-depth knowledge of the Cayman Islands corporate legislation and regulatory regime and has held director positions on…
Status quo for Caribbean Airlines – chaos surrounds the would-be flag carrier of the region
From CAPA –Centre For Aviation The board of beleaguered carrier Caribbean Airlines, the national airline of Trinidad and Tobago, has reportedly undertaken an evaluation of the airline’s routes as its long-haul operation to London continues to underperform. The analysis occurs…
The Editor Speaks: Flu hits me hard
After trying to fight off flu like symptoms for nearly a week I finally succumbed to the evil bug over Easter and am still riding the dragon. I almost never get influenza. I rarely get a cold. I used to…
84 Christian schoolgirls kidnapped by Jihadists still missing
By Justin King From Digital Journal Lagos – The search for the schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram continues in the remote and rugged terrain controlled by the insurgent group. Some family members have armed themselves and joined the search,…
