Framing Cayman
The Lawyer 29 March 2004 The Parmalat scandal led some to point the finger at the Cayman Islands. Anthony Travers puts the case for the defence As with the BCCI and Enron scandals before it, the Parmalat affair is generating
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CategoriesOverdue Credit
August 04, 2003 After several years of legislative changes to improve standards of transparency in the offshore financial centers–many of which have established regulatory frameworks that far exceed that applicable in most OECD jurisdictions –recognition of these improvements is long
Read MoreImpossible To Please
Mondaq Business Briefing 4 August 2003 Given the high regulatory standards that now exist in recognized OFCs, why does the negative campaigning continue? The OECD claims to seek a level playing field for the financial regulation of all jurisdictions, but
Read MoreGlobal Concern
The Lawyer 9 June 2003 Different countries have different priorities when it comes to international tax information exchange. Anthony Travers says the OECD is keeping a watchful eye on the offshore world During the past five years, offshore jurisdictions have
Read MoreCayman Islands: The Supranational Initiatives: The Hidden Agenda?
21 March 2003 The publication of the report “Towards a Level Playing Field”1 prepared by the influential international law firm, Stikeman Elliott, provides a welcome and timely opportunity to pause and analyse more objectively certain of the assumptions that underpin
Read MoreGlobal Reinsurance Article Cayman Islands Special Report 2002
Global Reinsurance journal’s Cayman Islands Special Report 2002, published December 2002 View PDF
Read MoreBeneath the Surface
Legal Week 28 November 2002 The publication in August of the report Towards a Level Playing Field, prepared by the international law firm Stikeman Elliott, provides a timely opportunity to analyse more objectively some assumptions underpinning the initiatives of the
Read MoreWill Further Crackdowns in the Offshore Centres Really Assist the Fight Against Money Laundering Post September 11th?
Mondaq 21 November 2002 The confusion inherent in the title of this article characterises the flawed thinking that has surrounded the central issue from inception: the need for high tax jurisdictions to obtain greater and uniform transparency for all cross-border
Read MoreBack to the Future
Legal Week 25 October 2001 After a rigorous three-year process, in July the Cayman Islands emerged with a clear understanding on the Organisation for Co-operation and Development’s (OECD’s) Harmful Tax Competition initiative, its zero tax regime intact, and its money
Read MoreA View From the Cayman Islands
The Lawyer 28 May 2001 Where precisely do the Cayman Islands stand now that the dust has settled following the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development’s (OECD) and the Financial Action Task Force on Money Laundering’s (FATF) supranational initiatives on
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