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On 24 December 2024, the BVI published General Licence No. 8 (2024), allowing payments for reasonable professional legal fees and expenses related to designated persons...

The Privy Council ruled in the claims brought by the liquidators of Fairfield, one of the largest feeder funds into Bernard Madoff’s investment company.

On 19 February 2025, the Supreme Court handed down judgment in El-Husseiny v Invest Bank PSC.

On 17 February 2025, the BVI Court recognised a Committee, appointed by the Hong Kong Court of First Instance, with responsibility over the financial affairs of a family member who lacks capacity and has movable assets in the BVI.

The US Internal Revenue Service made provision for Financial Institutions in jurisdictions that have already reached an "agreement in substance".

The implementation of the FATCA Intergovernmental agreements signed by the BVI with the US and the UK has taken another step forward.

The first quarter of 2007 has been a very good one for the BVI. On the back of a continued golden period for much of the global economy, the BVI continues to boom. The Financial Times Special Report on the BVI, which was published on 9 March, paid a glowing tribute to the way in which the BVI has continued to develop and position itself.

I have had the distinct honour and pleasure of being invited to speak at two excellent conferences recently.

In the case of In the Matter of Orient TM Parent Ltd (Unrep, Grand Court, 27 July 2022), the Grand Court of the Cayman Islands dismissed with indemnity costs the petitioners...

Securities investment business in or from the Cayman Islands is regulated by the Securities Investment Business Law (Revised) (SIBL).

The Cayman Islands government recently announced a draft Bill to amend the Insurance Law.

They've been talked about for a while by our bloggers and contributors but the moment has now come for the Cayman LLC, which has been available for registration since 13 July...

On 3 March 2017 the Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) announced that the 2017 deadlines for notification and reporting obligations under the Common Reporting Standard regulations will be extended by two months.

In the last three months of 2008, fund managers in many different sectors were forced into gating or suspending redemptions by the turmoil in the financial markets, restrictions on certain investment activities and the Lehman bankruptcy.

The Cayman Islands Department for International Tax Cooperation (DITC) has advised that it is in the final stages of preparing its FATCA data to be provided to the IRS.

On 31 January 2025, the Cyprus Securities and Exchange Commission (CySEC) launched a consultation on proposed annual information...

The political and economic rollercoaster ride we've been on here in the UK since the EU referendum in June seems set to continue following Thursday's High Court judgment in London.

On 7 February 2024, the European Parliament adopted the final version of the text amending the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD 2.0).