Originally Published in Cititrust EDGE E-magazine May 2012 Perhaps the most remarkable feature of the debate concerning the offshore financial jurisdictions, specifically the British Overseas Territories and the Crown Dependencies, is the extent to which representatives of the “high tax
Read MoreIssued on Behalf of Cayman Islands Stock Exchange Chairman Anthony Travers OBE London: 21st March 2012 The BBC’s Business Editor Robert Peston, whilst commenting on the increase in stamp duty, used the expression “secretive tax haven such as the Cayman
Read MorePublished in IFC Review, March 2012 It is remarkable testimony as to the failure of the public relations campaigns of the offshore jurisdictions, and the Cayman Islands in particular, that of the 313 news items from around the world published
Read MoreFiction: The Cayman Islands serve as a “tax haven” where US companies and individuals can launder money and hide their assets. Fact: The Cayman Islands is not a bank secrecy jurisdiction; it is fully transparent. The Cayman Islands has a
Read MorePublished in Hedgeweek February 29, 2012 The Cayman Islands Stock Exchange (CSX) has reached 100 catastrophe bond programme and series listings, with a total face value of approximately USD8.5 billion. The CSX listed its first cat bond Ajax Re Ltd
Read MorePublished, Financial Times Monday 23 January, 2012 Sir, In her analysis of the relationship between the offshore fund and the onshore authorised manager (“It may be time to see ‘offshore’ off”, FTfm January 15), Pauline Skypala does nothing but perpetuate
Read MoreMay, 2011 A recent in development in European Court of Justice shone a thin beacon of sanity that, for a moment, bathed all financial centres in a positive glow. Hopefully, this will portend further similar developments and will thereby assist
Read MorePublished: HedgeWeek January 13, 2011 There’s no doubt the global financial meltdown has resulted in a fundamentally changed set of financial and regulatory circumstances and a more hostile political environment. Yet it is perverse that the Cayman Islands has been
Read MoreDecember 16, 2010 The Hon. Bernard Sanders 332 Senate Dirksen Office Building Washington, DC 20510 CC: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve Dear Senator Sanders: In your December 6 letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, you incorrectly label the
Read MoreLondon, December 8, 2010: One of the world’s leading experts on offshore structuring has lashed out at the ignorance of UK politicians and a group of activists he calls the “Tax Taliban.” Anthony Travers, OBE, Chairman of Cayman Finance was
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Anthony Travers, OBE, is the Chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, former Chairman of Cayman Finance and former President of the Cayman Islands Law Society.
Having qualified at Clifford –Turner in 1975, he spent his thirty year legal career years with leading offshore law firm Maples and Calder where he served as Senior Partner and a Managing Partner for over twenty years both in Cayman and in various foreign offices that he established for the firm.