On 28 August 2014 the text of the UCITS V Directive (2014/91/EU) was published in the Official Journal of the EU.

ayman Islands entities tend to use market-standard documentation for all types of derivatives transactions. The 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements, including the appropriate Schedules...

The Directors Registration and Licensing Law, 2014 (the "Law") was passed by the Cayman Islands Legislative Assembly on 11 April 2014 and came into force on 4 June 2014.

Cayman Islands entities tend to use market-standard documentation for all types of derivatives transactions. The 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements, including the appropriate Schedules...

The Mutual Funds Law (2015 Revision) provides for the regulation of open-ended investment funds and mutual fund administrators. Responsibility for regulation under the MF Law rests...

The European Parliament gave its final approval to the UCITS V Directive on 15 April 2014.

The Cayman Islands (Cayman) are home to a well-established and ever-growing domicile for private equity funds. This can be seen in the statistics issued by the Cayman Islands...

On 15 March, 2013, the Cayman Islands government announced its intention to sign an agreement with the United States authorities to adopt a Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) in response to the US Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act.

As previously advised, the BVI Business Companies Act (the "Act") has been amended to introduce a requirement for all British Virgin Islands ("BVI") companies to file a copy of their register of directors with the Registrar of Corporate Affairs of the BVI (the "Registrar") and to expand the information required to be maintained on the register for each director.

Cayman Finance also had an exhibitor presence at numerous other events.

In the British Virgin Islands (BVI), commercial or other high-value litigation, invariably enjoy cross-border characteristics.

As Jersey continues to enhance its regulartory regime it is becoming a leading European centre for specialist funds business. Recent figures show that the value of funds under administration in Jersey, now at a record high of £179.1bn, has risen by 30% over 2006.

The UK IGA provides a framework for the implementation in the Cayman Islands of a UK tax residents reporting regime.

Project finance is a well understood and widely used model for carrying out infrastructure projects in Ireland across all sectors including health, education, roads, rail, waste, water, IT and energy.

The refusal by a U.S. Bankruptcy Judge to provide assistance to Cayman liquidation proceedings of failed Bear Stearns hedge funds raises the question of what country should conduct the bankruptcy of a hedge fund that is registered offshore but that conducts all of its business in the United States.

The latest edition of our Funds Update - Ireland, a quarterly summary of Irish legal & regulatory, tax and listing developments in recent months.

The Cayman Islands is an overseas territory of the United Kingdom and the legal system is an English-style common law system, which comprises statute law and binding case precedents.

The Cayman Islands has long been regarded as the world's premier global financial hub through client-centric market leadership in prominent financial sectors, and long-standing relationships with sophisticated international clients.

In the Ireland chapter of the International Comparative Legal Guide to Aviation Law 2020, Donna Ager and Mary Dunne give a comprehensive overview on aviation laws and regulations in Ireland.

The Cayman Islands is a British Overseas Territory with an English-style common-law legal system that comprises statute law and binding case precedents.