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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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19 April 2018 Janine Carey

On-Boarding: the role and duties of directors

Bermuda is a well established business jurisdiction with a robust corporate and financial market. As a large scale centre of commerce, many companies are continually established and based in Bermuda. This vibrant business platform can present many opportunities for individuals to become a director of a Bermuda company....
18 April 2018 Cameron Adderley

Offshore-i Report on Offshore M&A 2017

Offshore-i is an Appleby report that analyses offshore deal data and provides expert insight into the world of offshore transactions...
12 April 2018 Steven Rees Davies, Matthew Ebbs-Brewer, Gary Harris, Jennifer Eve, Ashley Fife, Megan Denos, Alexis Haynes

Bermuda to Introduce Initial Coin Offering (ICO) Legislation

On 13 April 2018, the House of Assembly is returning to Bermuda Parliament for the purpose of tabling Initial Coin Offering (ICO) legislation. This move is part of a larger plan for Bermuda to become a global leader in the cryptocurrency arena....
10 April 2018 Steven Rees Davies, Peter Colegate

Comparing GDPR and PIPA – is there a difference?

Investors in offshore financial centres increasingly require and demand data privacy. Obligations to collect personal data resulting from new international data sharing regimes, combined with cybersecurity concerns and innovative technology deployments, are making the regulation of personal data more complex than ever before. ...
9 April 2018 Anthony Williams, Alison MacKrill, Paula Fry

Trusts and Protectors - Sham Trusts - An Update

In the case of Mezhprom v Pugachev [2017], the English High Court set aside five discretionary trusts established by a Russian oligarch. This ground-breaking case has potentially introduced the concept of an “illusory trust”, which differs in important respects from a sham trust. ...