Asia Pacific’s affluent ditch the elementary for the extraordinary.
Source : Visa Goods and experiences that provide a sense of status, exclusivity and uniqueness are key considerations when shopping for luxury items for Asia Pacific’s elite. According to the Study1, a significant percentage of Asia Pacific affluents describe themselves…
Tanker rates jump as U.S. refiners boost Latin America shipments
By Naomi Christie From Bloomberg Tanker rates are increasing to the highest level in at least three years as a surge in U.S. refining boosts demand for ships to carry processed fuels to Latin America and the Caribbean. Vessels carrying…
MaplesFS lends a helping hand to Cayman Islands organisations in time for the holidays
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (10 December 2014): MaplesFS is committed to supporting Cayman Islands not-for-profit organisations and initiatives. Over the last quarter, the financial services provider has donated funds to benefit a number of the Islands’ worthy causes, including the…
MaplesFS lends a helping hand to Cayman Islands organisations in time for the holiday
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (10 December 2014): MaplesFS is committed to supporting Cayman Islands not-for-profit organisations and initiatives. Over the last quarter, the financial services provider has donated funds to benefit a number of the Islands’ worthy causes, including the…
Collas Crill expands into Cayman legal market
By Michael Washburn From IFLR1000 Collas Crill, a law firm that derived from the merger in April 2011 of Collas Day in Guernsey and Crill Canavan in Jersey, has announced plans for a merger with Cayman Islands law firm Charles…
MaplesFS donates to NCVO record-breaking Radio/telethon
Grand Cayman, Cayman Islands (8 December 2014): MaplesFS joined the National Council of Voluntary Organisations (“NCVO”) for its 35th annual radio/telethon, which took place on Saturday 25 October at the Prospect Playhouse. Hosted by on-air personalities and broadcast live on…
Black money probe gets trickier as trail goes beyond Switzerland [inc. Cayman Islands]
From Business Today The information collected by the Special Investigation Team (SIT) on black money stashed abroad is throwing up cash trails that go beyond Swiss banks into various other financial centres like Dubai, Singapore and Luxembourg and tax haven…
WuXi PharmaTech Cayman : Schedules third-quarter 2014 earnings release
SHANGHAI, Oct. 21, 2014 /PRNewswire/ — WuXi PharmaTech (Cayman) Inc. (NYSE: WX), a leading open-access R&D capability and technology platform company serving the pharmaceutical, biotechnology and medical device industries, with operations in China and the United States, today announced that…
Swamped by rising seas, small islands seek a lifeline
By Thalif Deen From Caribbean360 WASHINGTON D.C., United States, Wednesday August 13, 2014, IPS – The world’s 52 small island developing states (SIDS), some in danger of being wiped off the face of the earth because of sea-level rise triggered…
Cayman Islands funds lawyer returns from Hong Kong secondment
Caymanian Investment Funds lawyer, Stephen Watler, has recently returned home following a four and a half year secondment in Maples and Calder’s Hong Kong office. Initially planned as a short term opportunity, it was a move of which he was…
