Coffee is about to get more expensive everywhere
By Danielle Wiener-Bronner, The Wire From Business Insider Months after we all started fretting over the prospect of a global coffee shortage, it seems we might actually start to feel the caffeine-related effects of Brazil’s massive drought and Central America’s…
Promoting Energy Security in the Caribbean
Written by White House Washington, DC – Energy security is a major challenge for the Caribbean. The region is largely dependent on relatively high-cost imported fuel and electricity. Small isolated economies and unattractive investment policies discourage investment necessary to build…
BVI signs TIEA with Japan
By Aki Corsoni-Husain , Mirza Manraj, Ross Munro From Harneys The British Virgin Islands (BVI) government entered into its twenty-sixth tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with the Government of Japan on 18 June 2014. This new TIEA is not present…
Caricom must ‘stand firm’ in negotiations with Canada
From Stabroek news The Caribbean Association of Industry and Commerce (CAIC) says Caribbean Community trade negotiators must “stand firm and leverage the good relationship that Canada has had with the Caribbean to secure a fairer free trade agreement.” In a…
The Valuer Registration programme goes mandatory in the Cayman Islands
From RICS Following successful launches in the UK, Europe, the Middle East, and Asia, the Valuer Registration me will become mandatory in the Cayman Islands on July 31, 2014 for all members undertaking Red Book valuations. As we’ve explained around…
Who rules from financial services rules?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 FROM JULY 1 THE US FOREIGN ACCOUNTS TAX COMPLIANCE ACT (FATCA) WILL COMPEL FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL ENTITIES IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING IN THE CARIBBEAN, TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE AMERICAN INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)…
It’s clear that the future of Bitcoin is not in the US
By Rob Wile From Business Insider If you’re reading this story in the U.S., you’re probably someone who’s heard a lot about Bitcoin, but doesn’t know anyone who actually owns any. If you’re a European reading this story outside the…
Technology, globalisation and a level playing field
By Gonzalo Jalles, CEO, Cayman Finance Capital has become extremely movable. Technology and that ability to move at costs and speeds not imaginable 30 years ago has facilitated the ability of capital allocators to constantly seek the best return for…
Economic performance projected to improve in Belize and the Caribbean: CDB
By Adele Ramos From Amandala Caribbean economies are expected to grow, on average, by around 2.3% in 2014, and Belize’s economy by 2.5% in 2014 and 2015, according to the recently released annual report of the Caribbean Development Bank (CDB)….
Six charts that show how stingy America is toward its own families
By Matt Phillips From Quartz Just in time Father’s Day, the rich-country think tank known as the OECD has issued its annual survey of the US economy. The Paris-based organization specializes in churning out reports that standardize data across national…
