Cayman Islands: Estera sponsors Cayman Touch Association at U.S. Nationals
Estera, a world-leading fiduciary and administration services provider, is sponsoring the Cayman Touch Association (CTA) women’s team competing in the U.S. Touch Nationals, which will be held October 13-16. This is the first year the CTA is sending a women’s…
Hawksford appoints chief operating officer to head Cayman offering
From institutional asset manager Hawksford has appointed a chief operating officer with 25 years’ financial services experience to lead and build its recently established Cayman Islands office. David Titcombe will be responsible for building the profile of Hawksford’s Cayman office,…
Cayman Islands: Walkers announces four new scholarship recipients for 2016
Walkers is pleased to announce that it has awarded four Legal Scholarships as a result of its 2016 recruitment drive. The scholarship recipients are Lloyd Barker, Sophie Cater, Aoife Murphy and Alexander McGrath. Walkers currently sponsors eleven legal scholars who…
Former owner and manager of Miami-Area home health agencies sentenced to 20 years in prison for role in $57M Medicare fraud scheme
From US Department of Justice The owner and manager of three now-defunct Miami-area home health agencies was sentenced today to 240 months in prison for his role in a $57 million Medicare fraud scheme. Assistant Attorney General Leslie R. Caldwell…
China’s middle class is exploding
By Kim Iskyan, Truewealth Publishing From Business Insider The American consumer has been a central driver of the global economy for decades. Fortunately for the overburdened American consumer, China’s middle class is going to be picking up more of the…
Advocate Health to pay largest-ever HIPAA settlement
By Anna L Spencer, Meenakshi Datta, Rina Mady Contributed by Sidley Austin LLP From ILO On August 4 2016 the US Department of Health and Human Services Office for Civil Rights (OCR) announced that Advocate Health Care Center has agreed to pay $5.55…
Hybrid robo-advisors will manage 10% of all investable assets by 2025
By MyPrivateBanking From Business Insider After the strong growth of the robo-advisory approach in recent years, promoted by numerous start-ups worldwide as well as sizeable number of early adopting wealth managers, a new ‘sub-species’ has emerged: the hybrid robo/personal contact…
A Chinese billionaire splurged on this superyacht
By Yacht Harbour Fron Business Insider Pelorus, the 115-meter superyacht built in 2003 by Lurssen, has reportedly been sold to Chinese billionaire, Samuel Tak Lee according to several sources in the industry. Built for the Saudi owner of 72m Coral…
US: Miami Gardens resident pleads guilty to participating in sophisticated International cellphone fraud ccheme
From US department of Justice A Miami Gardens, Florida, resident pleaded guilty today to multiple criminal charges in connection with a sophisticated global cell phone fraud scheme that involved compromising cellphone customers’ accounts and “cloning” their phones to make fraudulent…
Guyana poised for exit of CFAT, FATF monitoring
From GIS Guyana Guyana is set to be removed from the list of countries to be monitored by the Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) and the Financial Action Task Force (FATF). According to Minister of Legal Affairs and Attorney…