News Stories Tagged 'Cayman Islands'
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Progress Being Made On Closing 'Harmful' Tax Regimes: OECD
by Ulrika Lomas, Lowtax.net, Brussels
25 July, 2019
The OECD has issued another update on jurisdictions' progress to amend their preferential tax regimes to remove harmful elements under the OECD base erosion and profit shifting Action Plan minimum standard on harmful tax regimes (Action 5).
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Cayman To Broaden Regulation Of Securities And Investments
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
29 April, 2019
The Cayman Islands plans to broaden the territory's regulatory regime for securities and investments.
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Cayman Considering Legal Challenge To UK Beneficial Ownership Law
by Mary Swire, Lowtax.net, Hong Kong
14 June, 2018
Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin met with lawyers in London on Monday to discuss the territory's constitutional relationship with the UK in light of UK legislation forcing the territory to set up a publicly accessible register on the beneficial ownership of legal entities.
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British OTs Must Introduce Public Beneficial Ownership Registers
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
04 June, 2018
The UK's 14 Overseas Territories must bring in publicly accessible registers concerning the beneficial ownership of legal entities or face having them imposed by the UK, following Royal Assent to the UK Sanctions and Anti-Money Laundering Act 2018 on May 23, 2018.
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UK Overseas Territories Hope To Derail Beneficial Ownership Plans
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
03 May, 2018
The British Overseas Territories have condemned a UK Government proposal to compel the jurisdictions to publicly disclose the beneficial ownership of legal entities established in their territories.
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Cayman Said To Be Offshore's Leading Finance Center
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
06 April, 2018
The Cayman Islands is the top offshore financial center, according to the latest Global Financial Centres Index, published biannually by the City of London think tank Z/Yen.
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Cayman 'A Top Domicile For Blockchain Entrepreneurs'
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
13 February, 2018
Cayman Premier Alden McLaughlin told attendees at the recent Fidelity CEO conference that the territory is one of the top-three jurisdictions for blockchain startups.
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ECLAC Reinforces Need For 'Fair Tax' In LatAm, Caribbean
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
15 January, 2018
At a seminar to mark its 70th anniversary, the UN Economic Commission for Latin America and the Caribbean highlighted the importance of territories in the region to wholeheartedly adopting evolving tax transparency standards, given the reputational impact on their economies if they are found to be non-compliant.
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Cayman Charts Fund Sector Growth In 2016
by Mike Godfrey, Lowtax.net, Washington
04 January, 2018
The Cayman Islands' financial services regulator, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, has released a statistical "digest" covering the islands' funds industry for 2016.
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European Regulators Issue AML/CTF Guidance
by Jason Gorringe, Lowtax.net, London
11 December, 2017
The European Union recently issued anti-money laundering and countering the financing of terrorism guidance for credit and financial institutions.
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