A summary of recent legislative and industry news from the Cayman Islands.

The Cayman Islands has emerged as a premier jurisdiction for digital asset funds, tokenised investment vehicles, and fintech ventures, offering regulatory clarity through frameworks like VASPA and SIBA. This comprehensive guide explores how entrepreneurs and fund managers can leverage Cayman's tax-neutral environment, flexible fund structures including segregated portfolio companies, and the Special Economic Zone to establish and scale digital asset businesses with legitimate offshore substance.

There are a number of critical decisions an investment manager is faced with when launching a hedge fund.

Cayman is one of the leading international domiciles for funds offering a variety of fund structures.

The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (the "CSX"), which has listed more than 4,000 securities with a combined market capitalisation in excess of US$190 billion, has firmly established itself...

Alternative Investment Funds Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Cayman Islands, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

Over eighty percent (80%) of the world's investment funds are believed to be registered in the Cayman Islands. As at December 2010, there were 9,438 investment funds registered with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority ("CIMA").

The Cayman Islands, long known for its robust financial services sector and favourable regulatory environment, has enhanced and improved its existing beneficial ownership regime...

A guide to Mergers & Acquisitions (M&A) law in the Cayman Islands, with a focus on key areas including deal structure, due diligence requirements, regulatory frameworks

The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, which has listed more than 4,000 securities with a combined market capitalisation in excess of US$190 billion, has firmly established itself as one of the leading...

While the fundraising environment continued to be challenging throughout 2024, private equity capitalised on the recovery of the financial markets following the prolonged...

Mergers & Acquisitions Comparative Guide for the jurisdiction of Cayman Islands, check out our comparative guides section to compare across multiple countries

The financial services industry of the Cayman Islands has a worldwide reputation for diversity and quality and is now the world's fifth largest financial centre.

Companies may be registered in the Cayman Islands as exempted, ordinary (subdivided into resident and non-resident) and foreign. There were approximately 76,000 companies registered in the Cayman Islands at the end of 2004 of which 73% were exempted, 18% ordinary non-resident, 7% ordinary resident and 2% foreign.

The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange ("CSX") implemented the 2017 Revision of the Listing Rules in April 2017.