The new licensing and registration regime for Directors of Cayman companies.
From Loeb Smith & Brady Cayman introduces new regime for registration and licensing of Directors On 4th June 2014, the Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the “Law”) came into force in the Cayman Islands. The Law requires all directors…
Brand Cayman – Leading The Global Hedge Fund Sector
By Ben Benson From Cayman Finance With three specks of land in the western Caribbean dominating the offshore hedge fund space for decades, and despite ever-competitive rival jurisdictions, Cayman remains in undisputed top spot due to a unique set of…
Who rules from financial services rules?
By Sir Ronald Sanders From Caribbean360 FROM JULY 1 THE US FOREIGN ACCOUNTS TAX COMPLIANCE ACT (FATCA) WILL COMPEL FINANCIAL AND NON-FINANCIAL ENTITIES IN FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS, INCLUDING IN THE CARIBBEAN, TO SHARE INFORMATION WITH THE AMERICAN INLAND REVENUE SERVICE (IRS)…
The 2013-14 TV season in one really, really depressing chart
By Josef Adalian and Marisa Woocher From Vulture The 2013-14 television season has officially bit the dust and, like the one before it, the nine months that just passed were marked by steep viewership declines for most of the broadcast…
The pioneering woman the world forgot
By Martin Vennard BBC World Service The name Nokutela Dube is not well known – but a century ago she made a big contribution to South Africa’s black-empowerment movement helping to form the country we know today. Now, the director…
Jamaican faces sex-trafficking charges in US
From Caribbean360 A woman in lace stockings and underwear putting money in her stockings.FLORIDA, United States, Wednesday June 18, 2014, CMC – A Jamaican national faces sex-trafficking charges at a trial here for stealing an Ohio man’s identity to run…
Caribbean chikungunya cases top 170,000
By Lisa Schnirring Staff Writer From CIDRAP News The number of chikungunya cases in parts of the Caribbean continued to surge last week, pushing past 170,000 cases, with the first cases confirmed in El Salvador, west of the main outbreak…
China spends billions to fund Caribbean ambition
By Han Shih From South China Post China’s ties with the Caribbean have strengthened because of the region’s proximity to the US and major maritime trade routes. Photo: AFP China’s rising interest in the Caribbean is being backed by billions…
Six charts that show how stingy America is toward its own families
By Matt Phillips From Quartz Just in time Father’s Day, the rich-country think tank known as the OECD has issued its annual survey of the US economy. The Paris-based organization specializes in churning out reports that standardize data across national…
Cayman Islands Director Registration and Licensing Law
By Marco Martins, Andrew MorehouseAndrew Morehouse By Harney Westwood & Riegels The Cayman Islands Director Registration and Licensing Law (2014) (the Law) was recently gazetted along with the related regulations which set out in more detail the registration requirements and…
