Crown Dependencies to improve beneficial ownership transparency
From International Investment Jersey, Guernsey and the Isle of Man have announced they will voluntarily adopt public registers of the true owners of offshore companies incorporated in their jurisdictions. The beneficial ownership registers, which show the ultimate owner of a company, are…
UK: Ministers face furious backlash after blocking attempts to impose financial transparency rules on Channel Islands
By Jack Doyle From Daily Mail UK Government pulls Crown Dependencies finance transparency bill at last minute Would have forced business owners with more than 25 per cent stake in Channel Islands company to declare publicly ‘in bid to tackle corruption’ …
UKOTP Forum 2019
Parliamentarians and Auditors from UK and Overseas Territories come together to discuss good practice on oversight of public finances Key actors from the UK and the Overseas Territories (OTs) will meet to identify and develop good practice with the aim…
Overseas territories react to UK legislation requiring public disclosure of beneficial ownership
From Caribbean News Now PROVIDENCIALES, TCI — Following Tuesday’s decision by Britain’s House of Commons to force the Overseas Territories (OTs) to adopt public registers of beneficial ownership of companies, regional governments have responded vigorously to the development, with some…
Jersey: Island faces crisis over UK threat to finance industry
From Jersey Evening Post Chief Minister Ian Gorst has said that Jersey would resist any such interference in Island affairs. Labour MP Dame Margaret Hodge has lodged an amendment to the UK’s Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Bill calling for a…
Anthony Travers: The EU and the ‘new 21st century colonialism’
By: Anthony Travers, OBE, Travers Thorp Alberga |From International Investment Responding to public and media pressure brought on by the so-called Panama and Paradise papers exposés, the European Union has been compiling, tweaking and talking for months about its “blacklist”…
The UKTreasury Sub-Committee launches inquiry into tax avoidance and evasion
From Parliament UK Tax Avoidance and Evasion inquiry Inquiry status: open The deadline for written submissions is Thursday 31 May 2018 Scope of the inquiry In recent years, HMRC has taken steps to address public concerns about the actions of…
Global Financial Centres Index 23 ranks Cayman Islands among top 25 best financial centres in the world, one of only four such jurisdictions from outside the G20
Jude Scott, CEO of Cayman Finance, issued the following statement about the new release of the twenty-third edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 23), which ranked the Cayman Islands as the 22nd best financial centre in the world…
Global Financial Centres Index 22 again rates Cayman Islands among Leading ‘G20 Plus’ jurisdictions
Jude Scott, CEO of Cayman Finance, issued the following statement about the new release of the twenty second edition of the Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 22), which ranked the Cayman Islands once again as the 31st best financial centre…
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Message from RT Hon John Hayes CBE MP to delegates to the Red Ensign Conference
Message from RT Hon John Hayes CBE MP to delegates to the Red Ensign Conference 11 July 2017 [Your Excellency, Chief Minister, Honourable Ministers, fellow delegates, ladies and gentleman.] On behalf of all delegates, I would like to thank the…
