A Caribbean comeback [featuring Dart Realty]
By Anthony Stoeckert From Lodging Magazine Although the Caribbean is still not experiencing pre-recession levels of growth in the hotel industry, the region has seen a recent uptick in partially built properties revving up construction again as new developers with…
Construction starts on the largest solar park in the Caribbean
From Daily Fusion Wirsol Solar AG, an international solar energy provider, headquartered in Germany, has started with the construction of the biggest solar park of the Caribbean in the Dominican Monte Plata province. The solar park will have a total…
RBC Wealth Management named Best Private Bank in the Channel Islands
By James Qualtrough From Isle News RBC Wealth Management has been named ‘Best Private Bank in the Channel Islands’ for the second consecutive year at the 2013 World Finance Banking Awards. This success builds on a recent run of awards…
Ex-Barclays team plans London-based Islamic asset manager [establishing funds in Cayman]
From The Peninsular LONDON: A group of former Barclays executives are launching a London-based asset management firm that combines socially responsible and Islamic investment principles, seeking to build crossover appeal among both investor segments. The firm, named Arabesque, is due…
The Editor Speaks: When did the vision of NHDT become blurred?
The National Housing Development Trust (NHDT) is a not-for-profit government company incorporated on 29 September 2003. “Our mission is to construct houses in planned communities and facilitate affordable home ownership for the Caymanian people through several financing options. We facilitate…
Rivers passport problem highlighted in Caribbean Journal Opinion story
By David Rowe Op-Ed Contributor From Caribbean Journal Op-Ed: The Caribbean Passport Problem Too many passports. It’s a problem almost unique to the Caribbean. The best and brightest of the region head abroad to study — maybe to Canada, maybe…
Trial date for ex-premier not until another 12 months
Cayman Island’s ex-premier, McKeeva Bush, will have to wait until 8th September 2014 for his trial on illegal misuse of a government credit card at casinos and hotels in the Bahamas and the USA. Last Friday (13) Justice Seymour Panton…
Cayman-Based investors sought for regional competition
The Department of Commerce and Investment (DCI) is encouraging Cayman-based investors to enter the first-ever Regional Investor of the Year competition. A joint initiative of the Caribbean Export Development Agency (CEDA), and the Caribbean Association of Investment Promotion Agencies (CAIPA),…
Good haven! Even the government does it
Michael West Business columnist, Sydney Morning Herald It is amazing what one can find in a tropical paradise. Did you know the Future Fund has no fewer than 43 subsidiaries in foreign tax havens? It is a little-known yet ironic…
Man gets 5 years in Ponzi scheme after outing in Cayman Islands
From South Carolina News SUMTER, SC — A Florida male who pleaded guilty in May to shop-lifting a Sumter industrial construction company’s arch executive officer out of $500,000 has been condemned to some-more than 5 years in sovereign prison. Paul…
