Vistra acquires Super ManCo, Kroll (Luxembourg) Management Company S.à r.l.
Luxembourg, 13 December 2023 – Vistra Fund Management S.A. (“VFM”), the Luxembourg-based third-party alternative investment fund manager (“AIFM”) of Vistra Group, is pleased to announce the acquisition of the Kroll (Luxembourg) Management Company S.à r.l. (“Kroll ManCo”), a prominent super management company…
Europe, the U.S. … or the Cayman Islands? Tackling the World’s Fund Barriers
By Selma Lee Arch In the wake of the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act of 2010, U.S. private equity firms have been subjected to a variety of additional regulation, from Form PF to Securities and Exchange Commission…
Cayman Islands: Maples and Calder welcomes newly qualified Caymanian lawyer to finance team
Maples and Calder is pleased to announce another successfully completed articles of clerkship with its firm. On 14 November 2018, before an audience of family, friends and colleagues, Ms. Renee Lindo was admitted as an attorney-at-law in the Cayman Islands…
Gadget of the week
Bag Week 2018: The Bitcoin Genesis Block backpack will centralize your belongings By John Biggs From TechCrunch Welcome to Bag Week 2018. Every year your faithful friends at TechCrunch spend an entire week looking at bags. Why? Because bags —…
OGIER: Cayman-based finance lawyer Mark Santangeli promoted to partner
Ogier has announced the promotion of Cayman-based finance lawyer, Mark Santangeli, to partner. Named as a leading lawyer by IFLR for successive years, one of his clients describes him as “operating like a top-notch New York lawyer”. Ogier’s global head…
Share Intertrust plummets after disappointing figures
AMSTERDAM – Investors sold Intertrust on Thursday after the trust and advice office in Amsterdam announced disappointing figures. Sales fell slightly, partly due to uncertainty in the Dutch market and a sharp fall in the US dollar. Midkapper Intertrust INTER…
Foreigners’ financial stake in NZ up 653 pct in 28 years, says lobby group
By Anne Gibson Property editor, From NZ Herald Foreign entities’ investment in New Zealand rose 653 per cent in the last 28 years, according to a lobby group which opposes overseas businesses and individuals buying assets here. Bill Rosenberg of…
No tax haven, but this label can cost Malta untold harm
By Michael Falzon From Malta Today No anti-Malta stance but a socialist initiative to push for the eventual aim of tax harmonisation across the whole of the EU; this is still on the cards and Wednesday’s vote was just an…
Amazon must pay $295 million in back taxes, EU says
The Associated Press From AJC BRUSSELS Amazon has to pay $295 million in back taxes to Luxembourg, the European Union ordered Wednesday, in its latest attempt to tighten the screws on multinationals it says are avoiding taxes through sweetheart deals…
Estera extends global reach into Luxembourg with acquisition of Headstart
Leading global fiduciary and administration services provider, Estera, has announced the acquisition of Headstart S.à.r.l, a specialist corporate and trust services business in Luxembourg. The transaction paves the way for Estera’s expansion into Luxembourg, one of world’s most important jurisdictions…