Falklands’ representative at the Caribbean premier energy conference
From Merco Press The Falkland Islands’ government is attending the annual January 18/20 Trinidad and Tobago Energy Conference sponsored by the Energy Chamber of the Caribbean country. Member of the Legislative Assembly Ian Hansen is representing FIG at what is…
Alasdair Robertson Address at opening of GC 2016
Address of Alasdair Robertson President of the Cayman Islands Law Society 13 January 2016 My Lord Chief Justice, Hon. Judges of the Grand Court, Hon. Chief Magistrate, Hon. Magistrates, Mr Attorney, Madam DPP, Madam Solicitor General, my colleagues at the…
China’s market crashes, sets off panic selling in Europe, US
From Newsmax Financial markets are starting 2016 in turmoil as a rout in China rekindled concern that slowing growth there will spread, while tension between Saudi Arabia and Iran added to geopolitical unease. Global equities crumbled toward the worst opening…
Why split-funnel attribution is changing Royal Caribbean’s customer approach
NADIA CAMERON From CMO Australia Cruise liner’s online performance manager talks through the adoption of new split-funnel attribution tools and new metrics to gauge its digital marketing and how it’s opening up new customer insights Understanding and optimising campaigns and…
Australia’s two biggest cruise ships
Australia’s two biggest cruise ships crossing paths for the first time in Sydney Harbour By Olivia Chang From Business Insider The two largest cruise ships in the Southern Hemisphere have met for the first time last night in Sydney Harbour….
Pearls and Irritations
John Taylor. Investing in Hedge Funds in Tax Havens: Legal? Ethical? From johnmenadue.com If the aim of Labor’s attack on Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and his wife Lucy for using hedge funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands was to damage his…
Cayman Islands like an offshore detention centre for your money, Australian PM says
From The Shovel The Cayman Islands is a bit like Nauru, just with more money and less transparency, the [Australian] Prime Minister explained today. Answering questions from Labor during today’s Parliamentary sitting, Mr Turnbull said, “Your money gets taken away…
The Editor Speaks: The end of secrecy?
On November 24th 2014 The Tax Justice Network issued a 64 page “Final Report” – “The end of bank secrecy”? Bridging the gap to effective automatic information exchange. An Evaluation of OECD’s Common Reporting Standard (CRS) and its alternatives. It…
Recipe of the week
Everything you need to know to buy better shrimp By Dan Nosowitz From Serious Eats [Photograph: Vicky Wasik] Shrimp has been the most popular seafood in the US for years—it represents more than a quarter of the seafood eaten in…
U.S. signs tax pacts with U.K. and Australia
By Michael Cohn Washington, D.C. From Accounting Today (September 24, 2015) The U.S. government has signed “competent authority arrangements” with the United Kingdom and Australia to advance their intergovernmental agreements to combat tax evasion under the Foreign Account Tax Compliance…
