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…
URGENT – Windows XP Advisory to the Caribbean Region
From Caribbean Cyber Security Center – The Caribbean Cyber Security Center would like to urge all Caribbean businesses, governments, and home users running the Microsoft Windows XP operating system (OS) to aggressively plan to upgrade from Windows XP, which is…
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…
iNews Briefs
New Cayman Islands customs enforcement head already shows he is up to the job Former senior police officer Marlon Bodden has wasted little time in settling down into his new job as head of enforcement at customs. With the paint…
wind-powered cargo ship
The world’s only wind-powered cargo ship arrives in Falmouth By WB Craig From West Briton With her hold full to the brim with rum, cocoa and coffee from the Caribbean, a unique ship arrived in Falmouth. The Tres Hombres is…
Cayman Turtle Farm celebrates Earth Month
The Cayman Turtle Farm: Island Wildlife Encounter is celebrating Earth Month this weekend with a half-off admission special for Cayman residents and participation in the island-wide Chamber of Commerce Earth Day clean-up. On Saturday, 26th April all resident admissions will…
iNews Briefs
Cayman’s ‘Operation Tempura’ to be analyzed at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference One of the most controversial criminal investigations in the history of the Cayman Islands – known as ‘Operation Tempura’ – will be scrutinized at next month’s OffshoreAlert Conference. What…
CEC providing vital new source of customers for Cayman’s small businesses
Initial projections that the creation of the Cayman Enterprise City (CEC) special economic zone would stimulate the local economy are now becoming reality. More than 100 companies have set up in the zone and local vendors and service providers, both…
