Japanese institutional, high net worth and retail investors are progressively increasing their exposure to private markets with the Cayman Islands unit trust being the investment vehicle of choice.

Considerations, pitfalls and how to weather the current storm of change were the topics up for discussion at a recent Women's Alternative Investment Summit panel moderated by Ogier partner Jo Huckle.

Cayman Islands financial institutions that are affected by the CRS should be actively preparing for CRS compliance noting that the new account opening procedures should be in place for 1 January 2016.

A drop box will be made available at the counter for clients to drop off applications. Please note that only cheques should be submitted along with the applications.

Grand Cayman, 8 April 2026 - The Department of Commerce and Investment's office in Cayman Brac will relocate to the Avistar Building, Unit 3, West End (same location as General Registry Office) effective Friday, 10 April 2026.

The Department of Commerce and Investment's office in Cayman Brac has been relocated to the Petrona Bodden Building, 9 Student Drive, Creek.

Grand Cayman, 19 February 2025 - The Department of Commerce and Investment's offices in Grand Cayman and Cayman Brac will close on Friday, 21 February, at 12:30pm for a staff function.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André Ebanks, will be in Tokyo and Hong Kong the week of 22 April for meetings with industry and regulators.

Deputy Premier and Minister for Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André Ebanks, will present the Perpetuities (Amendment) Bill, 2024 to enhance the trusts and estate planning sector within financial services at the next meeting of Parliament.

Grand Cayman, 21 June 2022 - Minister of Financial Services and Commerce, the Hon. André Ebanks, is leading the Cayman Islands' delegation to the inaugural

The Cayman Islands is a premier global financial hub, connecting law-abiding users and providers of capital and financing around the world - benefitting both developed and developing countries.

In hedgeweek's Cayman Islands Hedge Fund Services 2017 (click here) special report, managing editor James Williams interviewed partner James Melen and senior counsel Prasana.

Cayman Islands entities feature heavily in cross-border investment and debt structures and are very often involved in foreign litigation or arbitrations, either as defendants or as third parties...

Carol Widger and Ciara O'Leary examine the introduction of the ICAV and the process of converting Irish public limited companies to ICAVs.

Independent GPs are increasingly used in fund structuring to gain efficiency, in addition to regulatory or commercial considerations.

Cayman Islands unit trusts that allow Japanese institutional investors to subscribe for and / or have units repurchased multiple times during each subscription day or repurchase day...

Don Ebanks, Managing Director of DMS Offshore Investment Services, discusses changes to the fund governance landscape in the Cayman Islands in recent years.

The impact of the bankruptcies of the crypto brokers at the end of Q4 highlights the importance for robust governance and controls.

The Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority (TIA) released an updated version of the Economic Substance guidance notes (Version 3) on July 13, 2020.