Van Eyk asset hunt: investors take legal action in Cayman Islands
By Ben Butler Margin Call Columnist Melbourne From The Australian The hunt for assets belonging to failed funds management empire Van Eyk has moved to tax haven the Cayman Islands. Investors have launched legal action in the Grand Court of…
The Edge: Our report exposed fraud
From Malaysia Kini The Edge Financial Daily’s latest report on 1MDB today denied the allegation that it was part of a political conspiracy, and instead recounted an alleged scheme by tycoon Jho Low and PetroSaudi International (PSI) to steal billions…
Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility end date brought forward
By Calum Fuller From Accountancy Age The Liechtenstein Disclosure Facility will come to an end earlier than originally scheduled when HM Revenue & Customs ceases operating the regime on 31 December 2015. The LDF enables Britons to obtain a generous…
Chinese bank could force incomplete Bahamas resort to cut 2,000 jobs
By Tim McLaughlin From Reuters The troubled $3.5 billion Baha Mar resort project in the Bahamas is preparing to wind down operations and cut more than 2,000 jobs if the developer fails to strike a deal quickly with its main…
The business case for the Carbon Tax
By Julie Fox Gorte from Caribbean Life History offers a great many examples of individuals, groups and societies that lived too much in the moment and compromised longer term prosperity — or in some cases (think Easter Island) even survival….
‘India has shared protocol to tackle black money abroad’
By IANS From The New Indian Express ADDIS ABABA: Following agreements with countries on automatic exchange of tax information, signing of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) with the US and working with the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and…
Bahamian shares country’s culture in China
YANGZHOU, The People’s Republic of China — Senior Information Officer at Bahamas Information Services Mr. Eric Rose (left) poses with Second Secretary in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs and European Integration of Montenegro Mr. Damir Sabanovic, during the welcoming banquet…
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The View from Europe: Climate change and the Caribbean voice
By David Jessop From Caribbean News Now Climate change is an issue on which the Caribbean has every reason to have its voice heard and be taken very seriously. Not only does its position on changing sea levels genuinely reflect…
China: We are preparing for ‘high-level’ talks with Japan
Reuters From Business Insider China is preparing for “high-level political dialogue” with Japan, China’s top diplomat told the head of Japan’s National Security Council on Thursday, fueling speculation of a leaders’ summit as early as September. Sino-Japanese ties, long bedeviled…
Chinese restaurants in T&T hit hard after video of man skinning dog goes viral
By Charles Kong Soo, From Trinidad Guardian THE GUARDIAN (T&T) – Chinese restaurant owners fear that untold damage has been done to their businesses in the aftermath of a video showing Chinese nationals skinning a dog and Health Minister Dr…
