The Evolution of Offshore Investment

Offshore Investment

A Historical Perspective Offshore investment has been a part of the global financial landscape for many decades. Over the years, it has evolved significantly in response to changing economic conditions, regulations, and investor preferences. This article delves into the history of offshore investment, highlighting the key developments that have shaped it into what it is … Read more

Digital Nomads and Offshore Investing

Digital Nomads

A Guide to Location Independent Wealth Management The advent of the internet and the ability to work from anywhere has given rise to a new class of professionals: digital nomads. These location-independent workers, who leverage technology to perform their jobs from any corner of the globe, require unique solutions for managing and growing their wealth. … Read more

Offshore Private Equity and Venture Capital

Venture Capital

Unlocking Global Investment Opportunities The global financial landscape has witnessed significant transformations over the past few decades. The rise of offshore financial centers and the opportunities they present have played a key role in this transformation. Particularly, offshore private equity (PE) and venture capital (VC) have emerged as potent tools for high-net-worth individuals and institutional … Read more

WAX Selects EOS as Blockchain-Based Technology Platform

Customized EOS Blockchain Pairs With Protocol Token to Enable WAX Virtual Marketplace GRAND CAYMAN, Cayman Islands, April 17, 2018 /PRNewswire/ — Worldwide Asset eXchange™(WAX) today announced that the company will build their peer-to-peer marketplace using a custom blockchain based on the EOS platform. After an extensive evaluation of the general technology, code maturity, code stability, available documentation, development community size and … Read more

New OECD report rates Cayman Islands as ‘largely compliant’ on tax information exchange

GEORGE TOWN, Cayman Islands — A new peer review report by the OECD’s Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes has rated the Cayman Islands as “largely compliant” with the international standard (tax information exchange) – the same rating as Canada, Germany and Australia. “By rating the Cayman Islands as ‘largely … Read more

The Crucial Role of Offshore Centers in the Global Economy

417,000 companies are registered in BVI The companies have US$1.5 trillion in global assets The sector supports 2.2 million jobs worldwide. Impressive as the results are from our British colonial cousin (applause, applause), we are certain that a similar analysis of the Cayman Islands’ global impact would yield similar – perhaps larger – figures. As … Read more

Cayman tops offshore deal-making in 2016

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 percent of total offshore deal value. “Cayman remained the leader in offshore deal volume and value in 2016, accounting for the largest portion of the year’s offshore … Read more

Ten Wealth Building Myths

Top Ten Wealth Building Myths U.S. Person Wealth Building Myths are: Myth No. 1 You can’t build wealth without a reduction of your spendable income. Myth No. 2 There is no economic advantage to deferring income. Whether you get paid now or later, you end up with the same amount of money. Myth No. 3 … Read more

Anti-FATCA lawyer rejects Europe threat to US taxpayers

Sanctions unlikely, lobbyist says The leading advocate for repeal of the U.S. Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act has called “laughable” any attempt to sanction Washington – should it rescind FATCA – for noncompliance with copycat European tax laws. Washington-based anti-FATCA tax-lawyer and lobbyist James Jatras said European efforts to pinpoint U.S. taxpayers through the Organization … Read more