In the last two years we have seen significant growth in the relocation of HNWIs, their families and their businesses to the Cayman Islands, and this trend is likely to continue in 2022.

It has been a full year since the introduction of the Private Funds Act in the Cayman Islands which requires that close-ended funds be subject to registration with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority.

2021 was a bumper year for public and private M&A activity regionally and we expect that 2022 will follow suit. On the public front, a further increase in private equity-backed privatisation activity...

With the race for alpha becoming tighter, investors have been drawn to less liquid strategies, better implemented via closed-ended investment fund structures, which include private equity, private credit, venture capital and real estate, among others.

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What operational steps need to be considered to meet the economic substance test? The regulatory team at Walkers Professional Services have the answer.

Solvent entities reaching the end of their commercial life is a normal and necessary stage in the business cycle.

Walkers Professional Services can provide two solutions to problem assets holding up the orderly wind-down of a fund: illiquidate the trust or a special purpose equity disposal vehicle.

With increased activity in the alternative investment industry and the renowned flexibility of the Cayman Islands corporate framework, the role of the share trustee has re-emerged as a preferred solution...

Governance connects and facilitates the environmental and social aspects of ESG, by implementing appropriate policies and procedures, oversight functions, best practices and internal controls.

What are the fundamentals of board meetings? Let's discuss the best practices following the launch of a Cayman fund.

After successive years of strong growth, the CLO market has once again proven resilient to global economic turbulence with the recent performance reflective of manager desire...

Reforms to Cayman Islands insolvency legislation are expected to come into force in early 2022, providing practitioners with an alternative restructuring tool.

Evolving structures in the European CLO space using The Taxation of Securitisation Companies Regulations 2006 in the UK, allow CLO managers to efficiently establish investment vehicles...

There are other macro-economic issues too: the threat of conflict in Ukraine, elections in Brazil and France, and economic rumblings in China.

2021 was the year of the SPAC, with over 800 SPAC IPO filings globally. Despite regulatory and geopolitical headwinds, we expect this upward trend to continue through 2022...

We have recently seen a renewed focus on issues of corporate governance, which we expect to continue in 2022.

The key talking points from a regulatory perspective revolve around new legislation expected across our key jurisdictions and impacting investment funds, virtual assets and corporates.

Across Asia, 2021 saw the launch of a spate of products focused on environmental, social and governance issues, and green finance. The popularity of ESG product launches was matched by regulatory interest in the area.

Join the Walkers' global fintech team as they reveal how innovation can work hand in hand with compliance for long-term global growth and to what degree advisers must adapt to meet the sectors changing needs.