Cayman Islands Fashion Week gets ready
Cayman Islands Fashion Week, April 25-27, serves as a platform for showcasing international, Caymanian and Caribbean trend setting fashion designers. It also features models from some of the world’s top agencies including Ford, Major, DNA, RED, Muse, Next, IMG and…
Commonwealth Day service held at St. George’s
HM Queen Elizabeth II had to cancel her visit to Westminster Abbey on Monday (11) where she was due to take part in Commonwealth Day as she’s recovering from gastroenteritis. However the Queen, as Head of the Commonwealth did sign…
Appleby Funds Partner Admitted to Cayman Islands Bar
Ian Gobin called to the Cayman Bar for second time Appleby’s global Funds and Investment Services partner Ian Gobin was recently called to the Cayman Islands Bar for the second time. Ian joined the firm in October 2012 and moved…
The James Webb Space Telescope
The James Webb Space Telescope (sometimes called JWST) is a large, infrared-optimized space telescope. The project is working to a 2018 launch date. Webb will find the first galaxies that formed in the early Universe, connecting the Big Bang to…
Caelus Re 2013 cat bond completes, gets rated, lists on Cayman exchange
From artemis.bm U.S. insurer Nationwide Mutual’s latest catastrophe bond, Caelus Re 2013 Ltd., has now completed successfully, received its final rating from Standard & Poor’s and the notes and five-year shelf programme have been admitted for listing on the Cayman…
Recovering Queen Signs Commonwealth Charter
From UK Sky News The monarch signs the Commonwealth charter after skipping an earlier event, as she continues to recover from gastroenteritis. The Queen has missed a service at Westminster Abbey but gone ahead with the signing of the new…
Petrus Advisers completes re-domiciliation of Special Situations Fund to Cayman Islands
From hedgeweek Petrus Advisers has re-domiciled its Petrus Advisers Special Situations Fund from Jersey to the Cayman Islands.The decision to move the fund came as a result of investor demands, enabling institutional investors to invest in the fund and creating…
Low Fuel Costs for Fishermen
The recent rise in fuel prices has left fishing boat owners, both international and local, struggling to make ends meet and asking what measures can be taken to reduce the heavy burden of increased fuel cost. Due to the litres…
AHAB’s claims against Maan Al Sanea Companies to proceed to trial in Cayman
March 11, 2013 WASHINGTON – The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands has rejected the latest efforts by the Liquidators of Maan al Sanea’s companies in the Cayman Islands to dismiss portions of Ahmad Hamad Algosaibi & Brothers’ (AHAB) case. …
UPDATE: Woman mugged in GT Tue (12) morning
UPDATE from RCIPS 12:07pm Tue Mar 12 A 64-year-old woman had her gold necklace snatched by a male on a bicycle in George Town this morning (Tuesday, 12 March 2013). About 9.05 am the woman was walking in Tigris Street,…
