With over 225 staff, DMS is the world’s largest provider of fund governance services and has long been at the vanguard of establishing robust governance controls for hedge funds.

This DMS Advisory reminds investment funds stakeholders of impending deadlines to be met...

On October 29th, 2014 in Berlin, Germany, the Cayman Islands and 50 other jurisdictions signed on to the OECD Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement ("MCAA") for the implementation of the automatic exchange of tax information, based on the OECD’s Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters ("Multilateral Convention").

From May 25, 2018, all organizations – including hedge and private equity funds – will need to align their data practices with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR).

Overall, GDPR is complex but not an overwhelming legislation. It aims to help private funds more effectively manage PII in order to mitigate the risks of data breaches.

The British Virgin Islands International Tax Authority ("ITA") released guidance notes for the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS").

As midyear approaches, Asian managers must prepare not only for a strong close to the calendar year, but for various regulatory uncertainties that may impact their operations.

Ireland is positioning itself as the private equity domicile of choice in the European Union (EU).

As a result of the UK vote to leave the European Union (EU), business must address crucial challenges and questions before formal separation negotiations begin.

Algumas estruturas de fundos de investimentos utilizam o conceito de sponsoring entity para cumprir as regras de U.S. FATCA pelo qual a sponsoring entity concorda...

In the first of our four-part series of surveys DMS have addressed the question of Brexit and the results were surprising.

The Cayman Islands Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016 (CLLC) will take effect from July 13, 2016.

The Cayman Islands Government issued the second tranche of the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS") regulations at the end of December 2016.

Imagine a scenario in which a Hong Kong-based hedge fund manager establishes and appoints an offshore management company to provide investment management services for its fund.

The Cayman Islands government, on October 20 2015, advised that the CRS regulations are now in force and are a key component of Cayman's implementation of automatic exchange of financial account information...

A summary of the responses of DMS Offshore Investment Services to the July Consultation and Guidance.

With the first round of US FATCA reporting completed on Friday, 26 June, Cayman Islands Reporting Financial Institutions can now begin their summer relaxation in earnest...

The Department for International Tax Cooperation ("DITC") has released Version 2.0 of the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS") Guidance Notes and clarified certain areas:

The Department for International Tax Cooperation ("DITC") has released Version 2.0 of the Common Reporting Standard ("CRS") Guidance Notes and clarified certain areas:

DMS Executive Director Kevin Phillip discusses the impact institutional investors are having on governance practices and standards in the latest issue of Cayman Finance.