The Jersey Financial Services Commission (JFSC) has welcomed the European Securities and Markets Authority’s (ESMA) recommendation to the European Parliament, Council and Commission that Jersey should be among the ‘third countries’ granted an AIFMD passport. The JFSC has fully engaged

The Bahamas has developed into a jurisdiction capable of responding to the needs of investors – be they wealth managers or single- or multi-family offices – and whilst there is still some way to go to build out its institutional

Jersey is recognised by international standard setters as one of the best regulated finance jurisdictions globally and its authorities have full knowledge of the beneficial owners of all Jersey companies, according to Geoff Cook, CEO (pictured), Jersey Finance. He welcomed

Guernsey would welcome moves to improve transparency across the global financial services industry, according to Guernsey Finance Chairman Lyndon Trott (pictured). His comments come after 11.5 million files were leaked to journalists from more than 80 countries from the database

There was a palpable air of excitement at the 5th Amsterdam Investor Forum, hosted by ABN AMRO AMRO Clearing at the bank’s headquarters on 17 February 2016. This was the biggest event yet with approximately 280 attendees, of whom 42 per

By Philip Graham (pictured), Harneys, TEAM BVI Member – One of the hottest topics in the hedge fund industry for 2016 is the Common Reporting Standard (CRS). It is affecting everyone far and wide and given it was implemented in the British Virgin

Hawksford is now able to provide a full range of trust services to both private and corporate clients in the Cayman Islands, having secured a Trust Licence from The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority. Hawksford director Steve Robinson (pictured), who will

One of the reasons as to why the BVI introduced the Incubator and Approved Fund products in May 2015 was, partly, in response to the fact that fund launch numbers in the global hedge fund industry had started to steadily