Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), including the funds statistics from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the Cayman Islands, including the further changes to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, recent regulatory publications, CIMA annual...more
Over the past 25 years, the Cayman Islands has become a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the formation of alternative investment funds, with nearly 13,000 regulated open-ended funds and over 17,000 regulated closed-ended funds....more
The British Virgin Islands (“BVI”) is a long-standing jurisdiction of choice for the incorporation of investment funds. This is due to the familiarity and stability of the BVI’s English common law based legal system, tax...more
On 2 January 2025, the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024 and the BVI Business Companies and Limited Partnership (Beneficial Ownership) Regulations, 2024 (the “Amendments”) came into effect. The Amendments impact...more
1/23/2025
/ Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
British Virgin Islands ,
Business Companies Act ,
Business Entities ,
Companies Act ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Governance ,
Corporate Transparency Act ,
Disclosure Requirements ,
Exemptions ,
Filing Requirements ,
Limited Partnerships ,
Partnerships ,
Regulatory Requirements ,
Reporting Requirements ,
Transparency
In line with the recommendations arising from the BVI Mutual Evaluation Report and FATF (2024) Recommendation 24, the BVI Financial Services Commission has published a draft of the BVI Business Companies (Amendment) Act, 2024...more
11/7/2024
/ Beneficial Owner ,
British Virgin Islands ,
Business Companies Act ,
BVI Business Companies ,
Compliance ,
Corporate Dissolution ,
Directors ,
Discontinuance ,
Dissolution ,
Filing Requirements ,
Foreign Corporations ,
Proposed Amendments ,
Registration Requirement ,
Restoration Terms ,
Shareholders
In this guide we compare the five types of open-ended funds in the British Virgin Islands (the “BVI”), being private funds, professional funds, public funds, incubator funds and approved funds (this guide does not cover...more
Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Cayman including the amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, winding up Cayman segregated portfolio companies, proposed...more
10/29/2024
/ Aircraft ,
Anti-Money Laundering ,
Beneficial Owner ,
Cayman Islands ,
CIMA ,
Corporate Governance ,
Digital Assets ,
Ministry of Finance ,
Mutual Funds ,
Partnerships ,
Popular ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Funds ,
Repossess ,
Segregated Portfolio Companies ,
SIBA ,
Terrorism Funding ,
Virtual Currency
On 31 July 2024, the Cayman Islands Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (“BO Act”) and the accompanying Beneficial Ownership Transparency Regulations, 2024 (“BO Regulations”) were brought into force. At the same time,...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the Cayman Islands including the updated requirements under the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, a reminder of obligations...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the British Virgin Islands ("BVI"), including the funds statistics from the British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission...more
Over the past 25 years, the Cayman Islands has become a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the formation of alternative investment funds, with around 13,000 regulated open-ended funds and 16,000 regulated closed-ended funds. The...more
10/3/2024
/ Capital Markets ,
Cayman Islands ,
Investment ,
Investment Fund Vehicles ,
Investment Funds ,
Investment Portfolios ,
Investors ,
Mutual Funds ,
Open-Ended Fund Companies (OFCs) ,
Penalties ,
Portfolio Companies ,
Private Funds ,
Regulatory Requirements