Welcome to a brand new year! 2020 is off to a busy start on the regulatory front.  Appleby Cayman’s first quarterly publication of the year focuses on the topics making waves now, including investment funds legislative reform, the end of the transition period for Excluded Person re-registration, the latest on economic substance, proposed changes to beneficial ownership reporting and Automatic Exchange of Information (AEOI) updates. We hope you will find its contents useful.

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Cayman Regulatory Newsletter Q1 2020 Publications

17 Mar 2020 |

Hot topics

Update on the the new private funds law and amendment to the mutual funds law in force now.

Jennifer Parsons
Jennifer Parsons
17 Mar 2020 |

Economic Substance and Automatic Exchange of Tax Information

Economic Substance:  International Tax Co-Operation (Economic Substance) Law, (2020 Revision)

Jennifer Parsons
Jennifer Parsons
More Publications
13 Mar 2020 |

Appleby contributes five chapters to Global Legal Insights – Fund Finance 2020

Appleby provided five chapters to the Global Legal Insights - Fund Finance 2020 Guide. The publicati...

Simon Raftopoulos
Simon Raftopoulos
Contributors: Matthew Ebbs-Brewer, Anna-Lise Wisdom, Jeremy Berchem, Nicole Sorbie, James Gaudin, Paul Worsnop, Malcolm Moller
25 Feb 2020 |

Technology & Innovation update Q1 2020

In each quarterly issue of the Appleby Asia Alert, we bring you all the latest legislative and regul...

Fiona Chan
Fiona Chan
25 Feb 2020 |

Economic Substance update Q1 2020

On 18 February 2020, the Economic and Financial Affairs Council (ECOFIN) announced that Bermuda and ...

Fiona Chan
Fiona Chan
4 Dec 2019 |

Revised Draft Guidance on Economic Substance in the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands continue to meet and exceed international compliance standards in a proactive and...

Christian Victory
Christian Victory
28 Nov 2019 |

Cayman Islands Funds update

This article provides details on the recent changes to the Cayman Islands Securities Investment Busi...

Judy Lee
Judy Lee
Contributors: Paul Cheuk, Charlotte Yeung, Robert Sit
22 Oct 2019 |

Show Me the Money: Identification and Preservation of Assets in the Cayman Islands

The Cayman Islands has long had a developed arbitration framework providing for the recognition and ...

David Lee
David Lee
Contributors: Mehreen Siddiqui
21 Oct 2019 |

Cayman Regulatory Newsletter Q4 2019

Appleby Cayman is pleased to introduce our new Regulatory Newsletter. The first edition of this quar...

Bryan Hunter
Bryan Hunter
Contributors: Jennifer Parsons, Peter Colegate
17 Oct 2019 |

Hot Topics

The Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Law, 2017 (DPL) came into force on 30 September 2019. Cayman e...

Jennifer Parsons
Jennifer Parsons
Contributors: Bryan Hunter, Peter Colegate
17 Oct 2019 |

Economic Substance

The Cayman Islands’ International Tax Co-operation (Economic Substance) Law, 2018 (ES Law) and The...

Bryan Hunter
Bryan Hunter
Contributors: Jennifer Parsons, Peter Colegate
20 Sep 2019 |

How fund managers should prepare for the Cayman Islands Data Protection Law

The Cayman Islands Data Protection Law, 2017 (DPL) comes into force on 30 September 2019 and will re...

Bryan Hunter
Bryan Hunter
Contributors: Sailaja Alla, Peter Colegate, Jennifer Parsons