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Could blockchain technology revolutionise financial services in Cayman?

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....

Jersey Private Funds

On the 18th of April 2017, the long awaited revamp of the private fund regime in Jersey came into force. Very Private Funds, Private Placement Funds and COBO Only Funds were consolidated into a simple easy access private funds regime and the rules and regulations for the new product clearly set out in the Jersey Private Funds Guide (the Guide)....

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18 June 2018 Sharmilla Bhima & Malcolm Moller

Mauritius Government tables National Budget

The Mauritius Government recently tabled the 2018/19 National Budget, which is to be debated before Parliament and thereafter adopted. The measures were long awaited as they confirm the Government’s long-term and short-term vision and seek to enhance the legal framework that will enable the Government to achieve what the budget has described as ‘the Seven Pathways on Our Transformative Journey to a High Income Country'....
18 June 2018 Andrew Harding

Green Shoots for Guernsey?

Following an initial consultation that is due to close in early June in relation to the Guernsey Green Fund (GGF) Appleby’s Andrew Harding examines the potential future for the fund....
15 June 2018 Fiona Chan and Chris Cheng

Recap of BVI Finance Asia Roadshow

Fiona Chan and Chris Cheng from our Asia Corporate team participated in the BVI Finance Asia Road Show this year where the BVI Premier and his delegation hosting a series of conferences in Hong Kong, Singapore, Beijing, Hangzhou and Shanghai....
15 June 2018 Neil Molyneux

Regularise encroachments in good time

An encroachment is the movement of a boundary beyond its legally proper position. Typically, it is a shock to many Bermudian homeowners that encroachments cannot always be satisfactorily corrected informally between neighbours...
14 June 2018 Steven Rees Davies, Matthew Ebbs-Brewer, Sally Penrose, Jennifer Eve

Bermuda Introduces Digital Asset Business Act 2018

The Digital Asset Business Act 2018 (DABA) is the next step in Bermuda’s development and implementation of a globally recognised standard (commonly referred to as the “Bermuda Standard”) for regulating the fintech sector in Bermuda. DABA has now been approved by both the House of Assembly and the Senate and only needs Royal Assent and a notice of the Minister of Finance....