The new fund categories have proved popular with many new managers and, thanks to their growing asset bases, many of these managers are now reaching the threshold limits for conversion.

The Securities and Investment Business (Amendment) Act, 2019, which came into effect on 31 December 2019...

Cypriot companies are frequently used in cross-border structures, whereby securities of a Cypriot company are listed on a regulated market of another Member State.

Following recent revisions of the British Virgin Islands' (BVI) companies and investment funds laws, the BVI has now turned its attention to its trust regime.

The renowned BVI Business Companies Act which came into effect 2005 and modernised the BVI corporate law regime promulgated under the earlier International Business Companies Act of 1984...

The BVI Business Companies Act, 2004 (as amended) (the "Act") and its predecessor statute have long recognised that companies which incorporate in one jurisdiction may benefit from the...

There is no bar on private prosecutions for the vast majority of criminal offences; therefore, in theory, any authority or private party may prosecute.

Businesses conducting cross-border transactions face the challenge of creating structures to help mitigate the increasingly complicated global framework of tax, regulation and securities law in a...

The BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2015 was enacted in the BVI House of Assembly on 21 December 2015 and is due to come into force shortly.

The special purpose acquisition company (SPAC) boom is over, but not the SPAC market, as it enjoys a "return to mean" and very possibly...

A BVI Approved Manager is a regulated offshore investment manager or adviser vehicle which enjoys fast and simple registration, and "light touch" ongoing regulatory requirements.

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.

With over 450,000 active companies, the British Virgin Islands is the world’s most popular offshore corporate domicile.

The BVI Financial Services Commission (FSC) has issued the Regulatory Code (Recognised Exchanges) Notice, 2015 (the Notice) under powers set out in the Regulatory Code, 2009 (the Code). The Notice is effective as of 15 January 2016.

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

Security over the shares in a BVI company may be granted either by way of a mortgage or charge pursuant to the provisions of the BVI Business Companies Act (the "Act").

The purpose of this briefing is to describe the types of security which can be taken over shares in BVI companies and various issues in relation to the granting, perfection and enforcement of such security.

In this chapter we will focus on the popularity of BVI companies as listing vehicles on international stock exchanges, including the Hong Kong Stock Exchange, the London Stock Exchange...

The SIBA, 2010, as amended ("SIBA") and its subsidiary legislation, including the Securities and Investment Business Regulations, 2015, provides for the regulation of open-ended mutual funds, among other matters.

Subscribers for shares in a British Virgin Islands company usually assume that such shares have been validly issued.