07/07/2020
The Monetary Authority of Singapore recently observed that foundations, trusts and family offices are well-placed to drive positive change through their investments and business operations.
07/07/2020
The Law will therefore be amended to remove the current Schedule 2A 'non-registrable person' exemption for SFOs
07/07/2020
The principal question facing the Court of Appeal was therefore whether it was obliged to follow the decision of the Supreme Court in Ivey.
07/06/2020
It is understood to be the the first fully virtual trial of its kind ever to be held in the BVI.
07/06/2020
The whistleblower's maltreatment while in custody has been condemned by the European Court of Human Rights.
07/06/2020
The Chinese government, for instance, unveiled its latest stimulus package worth at least 4.5% of GDP at the National People’s Congress on 22 May.
07/05/2020
According to the terms and conditions governed the specific products the underlying basket was (theoretically) virtual and therefore no actual investment into the underlying was supposed to take place.
07/04/2020
The Financial Vehicles Regulations make specific provision for what constitutes a "beneficial owner" of a unit trust and prescribe for a threshold level of ownership.
07/04/2020
At the same time, their smart home devices are capable of recording confidential conversations and their phones are able to track their movements with increasing precision.
07/03/2020
In March 2020 the Ministry discussed, with industry members who requested meetings, the possibility of exempting SFOs with registered offices that are licenced under the Companies Management Law or the Banks and Trust Companies Law from the SFO Regulation
07/03/2020
The purpose of this report is to help our clients better understand what “business as usual” in our jurisdictions* actually means.
07/03/2020
Four lawyers from across Carey Olsen's Guernsey and Jersey offices are featured in the 2020 eprivateclient Channel Islands Top 35 Under 35.
07/03/2020
She is an Advocate of the Royal Court of Guernsey
07/03/2020
The Registrar can now also demand that a company hands over any document or information to confirm the beneficial ownership report it has submitted.
07/03/2020
Banking and capital markets firms currently face two challenges.
07/03/2020
Those facing the most uncertainty, and risks of claims, may well be trustees of trusts that hold speculative or high-risk assets including investments in small business start-ups, private equity or venture capital funds, and technology companies
07/02/2020
Historically, the timing of the commencement of the voluntary liquidation of a Cayman Islands company was often driven primarily by the desire to avoid incurring the following year's annual government fees.
07/02/2020
Ireland and Luxembourg have both announced a six month deferral of the first reporting date under DAC6, the new EU Mandatory Disclosure Regime for certain cross border transactions which carry defined tax hallmarks.
07/02/2020
Authorities in Spain and Italy break open two alleged fake wine conspiracies, Barnaby Eales reports.
07/02/2020
The Act contains the most far-reaching reforms to UK insolvency law in over 30 years.