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As the Blockchain Revolution Moves Offshore, What are the Challenges?

Blockchain has been widely touted as the most significant technology of the last 20 years, with the potential to revolutionise the financial services industry across a range of applications, from crypto-currencies to smart contracts, to fully automated clearing and settlements systems for payments....

Key features of ILS funds in Bermuda

Bermuda is a significant player in the reinsurance market and its position in this market has led to the growth of the use of funds as the funding vehicles for many reinsurance companies. The use of funds in this space is a result of the demand for such products by major institutional investors wishing to invest into the reinsurance sector but via a fund structure with which they were familiar....

Offshore deal value through June 2018 nearly matches 2017 total

The latest edition of Offshore-i, an Appleby report that provides data and insight on merger and acquisition activity in the major offshore financial centres, focuses on transactions announced over the first half of 2018. Following a similar pattern to most of the world’s regions, the volume of offshore deals has fallen back from levels seen in the latter half of 2017, while value is on the rise.....

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19 April 2019 Richard Field

#Connected Wealth Management

Richard Field examines the importance of data and the impact modern technology has on businesses today....
16 April 2019 Caljonah Smith

Digital Assets in Bermuda

There’s been discussion among trust professionals about the potential impact that digital assets will have on trusts and the trustees that administer them. Here are some of the key themes that have arisen during those discussions....
14 April 2019 Malcolm Moller and Melissa Virahsawmy

Mauritius FSC recognises Security Token Offerings in its legislation

The Financial Services Commission in Mauritius has now issued a Guidance Note to explain its regulatory approach to Security Token Offerings....
11 April 2019 Alison Thomson & Rebecca Jack

Getting Ready for the Crypto Spring

The ongoing “crypto Winter” has seen a shift of investor focus away from crowd-funded platforms offering utility tokens towards security tokens that seek to provide greater value stability and more predictable investment returns. The BVI was well suited for the first wave of digital assets, and remains well placed to take advantage of the shift to securitising and digitalising common assets when the “Crypto Spring” arrives....
11 April 2019 Josephine Noddings

M&A trends — buyer protections

The merger and acquisition market in Bermuda was very active throughout 2018 with the value of deals exceeding the previous year....