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  • Cayman tops offshore deal-making in 2016

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    [box style=”rounded” border=”full”]The Cayman Islands was the main offshore jurisdiction for mergers and acquisitions in 2016, with about a third of all offshore transactions involving Cayman-based companies.[/box] Offshore law firm Appleby noted in its latest Offshore-i report that last year Cayman-incorporated companies were the target of 920 transactions worth a combined US$84 billion, representing 36…

  • The Heavens. Annual Report

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    “The Heavens. Annual Report” Paolo Woods & Gabriele Galimberti Centre Assas | Université Paris 2 Panthéon-Assas AS A PART OF THE MOIS DE LA PHOTO DU GRAND PARIS 2017 The Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas and the Rencontres d’Arles are teaming up for a groundbreaking approach to the debate over major social issues by bringing specialists…

  • Fifty Shades of Tax Dodging

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    UK takes two-faced approach to tax, new report suggests 3 November 2015 – The UK government has a ‘Janus-faced’ approach to tax, a new report suggests today: promising an increasingly intolerant approach to evasion and avoidance while being an aggressive participant in global tax competition and tolerating the UK tax havens which facilitate financial crime…

  • British Overseas ‘Tax Havens’ Warned by UK

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    LONDON, England — A Labour government would push for UK overseas territories to be put on an international blacklist if they refuse to co-operate with a drive against tax avoidance, Labour Party leader Ed Miliband has told them ahead of general elections in Britain in May. In a letter to the leaders of British Overseas…

  • British Virgin Islands Offshore Business Rises

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    The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission has published statistics on the islands’ financial services industry for the second and third quarters of 2011, showing that business activity increased last year. Business incorporations and registrations, at 17,056 in Q3, showed improvement on Q2 registrations and incorporations of 15,689. This was a marked increase on that…

  • British Virgin Islands as Offshore Financial Centre

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    The British Virgin Islands has reversed recent trends by becoming the only offshore financial centre to have its rating boosted in the latest Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI 9). The improvement comes against a backdrop of decline among all other offshore jurisdictions. The ninth edition of the GFCI revealed that the BVI has improved its…

  • Offshore Company Formation

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    The British Virgin Islands was fairly unknown until it got savvy with offshore legislation that made Offshore Company Formation lucrative and much sought after. This archipelago has come from far, what with their current massive investments in their offshore banking institutions and the tight but flexible legislation that have made many investors come in the…