Economic Surveys Continuing
The Economics and Statistics Office (ESO) is urging local businesses to fill out and return questionnaires for the System of National Accounts (SNA) and Balance of Payments (BOP) surveys by Friday April 27. ESO officials sent a total of 3,515…
Oil prices climb on German confidence, US earnings
Encouraging news about business confidence in Germany helped drive oil prices higher Friday. It was a respite from persistent worries about weaker energy demand as Europe’s debt crisis still hangs in the air. Benchmark U.S. crude rose 78 cents to…
Delegation to Attend Brazil Investment Summit
A Ministry of Finance (Financial Services) delegation will visit São Paulo, Brazil, during the week of 23 April to attend the Brazil Investment Summit (BIS). BIS is the largest international investment conference in Brazil, where leading international and Brazilian funds…
Baker found guilty of fraud
Cayman Islands Grand Court Justice Charles Quin found Dave Bryan, business partner of Pirates Week Festival director Bernie Bush, guilty of fraud and forging Mr. Bush’s signature on a loan application. He sentenced Bryan on April 19th to five years…
Judge Orders Liquidation of a Fletcher Hedge Fund
A judge in the Cayman Islands ordered the liquidation of a hedge fund run by Fletcher Asset Management after three Louisiana public pension funds told the court they weren’t able to withdraw their money from the fund. The judge on…
Research Conference Opens in Grand Cayman
Over 150 delegates have arrived in Grand Cayman for the 57th Annual Caribbean Health and Research Council/Caribbean Public Health Agency (CHRC/CARPHA) Scientific Conference – the largest health research conference in the English-speaking Caribbean. The conference is focused on researchers, policy…
Biztegra Principal, Murray Izenwasser, to Head the Social Media Strategy Programme at the 11th Annual Cayman Islands Tourism Exchange Forum
Biztegra is pleased to announce that its founding Principal, Murray Izenwasser, will head the Social Media Strategy Program at the 2012 Cayman Islands Tourism Exchange Forum (CITE). This event will take place on Tuesday, May 1 in the Grand Cayman…
Maples and Calder announces more promotions
Following on from the recent announcement of the firm’s Partner elections, Maples and Calder has additionally confirmed several support staff promotions, including Nanalie Cover and Danielle Look Loy, both of whom are based in the Cayman Islands office. Ms. Cover…
New Deputies for CIMA’s Banking, Fiduciary and Insurance Divisions
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) recently appointed three of its chief analysts to the rank of deputy head of their respective divisions. Mr. Kenton Tibbetts has been promoted to the post of Deputy Head of Banking; Mrs. Leticia Frederick…
BCQS ANNOUNCES STAFF CHANGE FOR BVI OFFICE
BCQS International, the leading Property and Development Consultancy of its kind in the Caribbean region and Latin America, today announced that Associate Director, Jennifer Dunn, who has been working for BCQS since April 2007, would be moving from the Barbados…
