The Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority ("TIA") announced a soft opening for the first year of the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS").

The Cayman Islands Tax Information Authority, on December 8, 2015 provided the following implementation updates for the Common Reporting Standard...

An overview of the OECD's Common Reporting Standard and guidance on reporting requirements for Brazilian Managers and Family Offices was the subject of discussion in our webinar, hosted by DMS Offshore Investment Services and Maitland.

Deadlines for Cayman Islands Financial Institutions ("CFI") to comply with U.S. FATCA and Common Reporting Standards ("CRS") are just around the corner.

Continuing with our Legal Focus on Foreign Investment, Lawyer Monthly speaks to Don Ebanks, an Executive Director and the Chief Compliance Officer of DMS Offshore Investment Services.

The IRS wants to know who you are.

It has been shown that one of the most effective ways to enhance corporate governance is through board diversity.

The Cayman Islands Department of International Tax Compliance (DITC) has notified Cayman financial institutions of its intention to move forward with implementing the OECD's Common Reporting Standard...

On 13th December, 2017, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority ("CIMA") issued their updated Guidance Notes under the new AML Regulations which came into effect on 2nd October, 2017.

There are various types of services that financial institutions and fund managers look to outsource depending on their size, budget, in-house capabilities, and purpose.

DMS Offshore Investment Services along with 100 Women in Hedge Funds and Morrison & Foerster hosted a panel discussion on AIFMD, presented in San Francisco on April 29th, 2015.

In a Judgment delivered on 2 July 2019, the Grand Court dismissed the Plaintiff's application to amend his pleading and granted summary judgment in favour of DMS

A professional director for a hedge fund might take an instinctive view that board observer rights are not desirable given the traditional view of separation of capital ownership and those responsible for fund governance.

The introduction of MiFID II across Europe on 3rd of January 2018 will represent the largest single body of regulation to affect the investment management industry, while also imposing a number of new...

The Common Reporting Standard ("CRS") is an internationally agreed standard for automatic exchange of financial account information ("AEOI") on financial account information...

There are fund structures which utilize the sponsoring entity concept to comply with the U.S. Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act whereby the sponsoring entity agrees to perform all required due diligence...

The Cayman Islands Department of International Tax Cooperation (DITC) has advised that it has extended the notification and reporting deadlines for both UK CDOT and US FATCA for 2016.

It's time for another round of international tax cooperation in the Cayman Islands, and now government leaders are turning their attention to what comes next, implementing the OECD's Common Reporting Standard.

On 19 July, the Department of International Tax Cooperation issued an update to the deadlines for Cayman Islands Financial Institutions to comply with U.S. FATCA and Common Reporting Standards.

The Hedge Fund Law Report recently interviewed Woolverton in connection with his move to DMS, during which he discussed the role of robust fund governance in the context of private funds.