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An assessment of the projected impact of the AIFMD in the British Virgin Islands.

2023 was certainly a tumultuous and difficult year by any standard. Leaving aside geopolitical conflicts, high interest rates, rampant inflation, and slowing growth...

Their contribution formed part of the 2022 Private Equity guide published by Chambers and Partners in October 2022.

The collapse of an investment fund affected by a fraud will often lead to disputes between the investors who were paid out before the discovery of the fraud, the investors who gave notice to redeem ...

An AML/CFT Return refers to the Anti-Money Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT) Return, which is an annual reporting requirement for certain BVI regulated entities...

With the enactment of the Securities and Investment Business Act, 2019, the British Virgin Islands has for the first time introduced a regulatory regime to regulate close-ended funds.

The government of the British Virgin Islands has recently published The Securities and Investment Business (Incubator and Approved Funds) Regulations 2015 providing for the approval of two new types of investment fund in the jurisdiction, namely the incubator fund and the approved fund.

The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (FSC) is a member of the International Association of Insurance Supervisors (IAIS).

As both a leading and highly responsible international finance centre, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) is committed to complying with international standards

On 2 January 2025, amendments to the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") Business Companies Act (As Revised) (the "BC Act") and the BVI Business Companies Regulations...

Funds of an open-ended nature carrying on business in or from within the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") have long been regulated...

In a recent case, Nokian Shina LLC v Andrei Valerevich Smyshliaev & Ors, the BVI Commercial Court (the 'Court') considered whether public policy in the Virgin Islands (the 'BVI')...

The British Virgin Islands has emerged as a premier offshore jurisdiction for Latin American high-net-worth families seeking sophisticated wealth preservation and succession planning solutions.

The Cayman Islands remains the most popular jurisdiction for offshore investment fund set-ups. However the British Virgin Islands (BVI) offers a range of fund products worth considering.

The Securities and Investment Business Act, 2010 has been amended to introduce a new regulatory regime for closed-ended funds in the BVI.

The British Virgin Islands Government announced that it had concluded negotiations with the US with respect to a Model 1B Intergovernmental Agreement.

Significant actions are being taken by governments and financial institutions around the world in response to the COVID-19 crisis.