Expect a Busy Year-End for Cat Bonds and Sidecars
History has shown that in both soft and hard markets, the final quarter of the year is always busy, and this could be especially true this year with a solid pipeline of both cat bonds and sidecars, according to Brad Adderley, Bermuda Managing Partner, Appleby.
Directors’ knowledge and the duty to creditors
In the intricate realm of corporate governance and insolvency law, directors hold a position of immense responsibility.
With a noticeable uptick in new de-SPAC mandates, Appleby Cayman Islands partner Dean Bennett provides commentary on what he is seeing in the market and key points for SPAC management teams and target companies to keep in mind when contemplating a business combination transaction with a Cayman Islands SPAC.
Discrimination law in Guernsey: The Same but Different
The Prevention of Discrimination (Guernsey) Ordinance 2022 (“Ordinance”) will come into force on 1 October 2023. The Ordinance means that, for the first time, Guernsey will have a comprehensive equality framework in place, making it unlawful to discriminate against a person on five new “protected grounds” - disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation, and carer status.
Reinsurance Strategies in a Hard Market
The extent to which improved market conditions for reinsurers will endure and the importance of maintaining continued discipline were the main talking points at the annual Bermuda:Re+ILS roundtable held at the Monte Carlo Rendez-Vous, sponsored by Aspen.
Bermuda’s Catastrophe Bond Market Is Enjoying A Record Year
Bermuda’s catastrophe bond market is enjoying a record year, but Bermuda Managing Partner Brad Adderley probes why more new capital has not come into the hardest market in decades.
Financial platforms and intermediation
The Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2022, (LCF Law) came into effect 1 July 2023. Part IV of the LCF regulates financial intermediation services, including: the operation of peer to peer platforms; the operation of crowdfunding platforms; and the provision of alternative non-bank credit or finance intermediation.
Regulation of Financial Firm Business
The Lending, Credit and Finance (Bailiwick of Guernsey) Law 2022, (LCF Law) came into effect 1 July 2023. Any businesses carrying out activities regulated by the LCF Law must now have a licence (unless certain exemptions apply).
Carer Status: Guernsey boldly goes where the UK and no other Crown Dependency has gone before
When the Prevention of Discrimination (Guernsey) Ordinance 2022 (“Ordinance”) comes into force on 1 October 2023, it will make it unlawful to discriminate against a person on five “protected grounds”. The new protected grounds are disability, race, religion or belief, sexual orientation and carer status.