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BVI Financial Services Centre and Commercial Courts Update

Tortola, British Virgin Islands 22 September Update Dear Clients, Associates and Friends, We are pleased to report that the BVI’s international business and finance centre is making significant progress towards restoring business as usual. BVI financial services are up and…

RIP: Winding up a BVI Company Through Voluntary Liquidation

“All good things must come to an end.” – Well-known saying by Geoffrey Chaucer (1374). Why Choose Voluntary Liquidation BVI companies are commonly incorporated without a specific termination period. However, once they have served their useful business purpose their owners…

BVI’s Updated Beneficial Ownership Reporting Regime Takes Effect

The British Virgin Islands will implement its new beneficial ownership reporting regime on July 1, 2017, by virtue of the recently passed Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System Act, 2017, (BOSSs), which comes into force on June 30, 2017. The Act…

BVI Supports Two Million Jobs Globally, Says Independent Report

June 2017, TORTOLA—New data released June 21, 2017 show that the British Virgin Islands financial services industry supports roughly two million jobs in global investment and trade, worldwide. The independent study by Capital Economics found that the BVI mediates over…

Protect Your BVI Business Company Assets

For years, the BVI Business Companies Act has provided an attractive and appropriate vehicle to hold property in the BVI and abroad, many finding it a particularly useful strategy in estate planning. But persons who neglect their BVI Business Company…

Alert: Extension of BVI CRS deadlines

The British  Virgin  Islands Government recently announced  the  extension of the 2017  deadlines  for  notification  and reporting obligations  under  the  Common  Reporting  Standard, or CRS. As a result, BVI financial institutions will now have until June 30, 2017 to register…

Jamaica’s Consumer Protection Laws

This Q&A excerpt from Christopher Simpson on Jamaica’s consumer protection laws was first published in the Dialogue’s “Latin America Financial Services Advisor,” April 5, 2017. Q: Jamaica’s government is planning to create a new financial services consumer protection agency. Finance…

Investment Fund Managers “Brexit” to the BVI

In the post-recession economy, investment managers are looking for increased flexibility and ways to maximise investor returns by minimising set up costs, government fees, and other related functionary and advisory costs. That is why many are now “Brexiting” to the…

Onshore vs Offshore – is there really a battle?

Over the past few months the issue of offshore jurisdictions and the role they play in the global economy has come under extreme scrutiny, especially from onshore governments seeking to increase tax revenues. The recent Panama Papers Leak has only…
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