Category: Compliance
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Are your entities compliant?
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has recently imposed USD365,000 in administrative fines on an asset manager for breaches of the AML Regulations, serving as a timely reminder on the value of effective compliance and the importance of registered entities having effective anti-money laundering policies and procedures in place.
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BVI Economic Substance – Significant amendments to BOSS Act
The most recent amendment to the Beneficial Ownership Secure Search System Act (the BOSS Act) applies to those financial periods beginning on or after 1 January 2022. Below is summary of the most significant amendments. It is expected that the BVI International Tax Authority (ITA) will publish version 3 of its ES Rules and Explanatory…
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Changes to Beneficial Ownership thresholds – filing extension
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CAYMAN ISLANDS – The definition of a beneficial owner in the Companies Law (Revised) and the Limited Liability Companies Law (Revised) will change on 15 May 2020 from “more than 25%” of the shares or voting rights in a company to “twenty-five per cent (25%) or more” of the shares or voting rights in a…
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Economic Substance Requirements in the BVI
The Economic Substance (Companies and Limited Partnerships) Act, 2018 came into force on 1 January 2019 requiring British Virgin Islands companies and limited partnerships that are tax resident and carrying out ‘Relevant Activities’ to demonstrate economic substance. The new legislation, which applies to existing and new BVI entities, was introduced to address the concerns of…
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Economic Substance Requirements in the Cayman Islands
This summary replaces our previous releases of 21 December 2018 and 11 March 2019 and provides an updated overview of the key aspects of the legislation by outlining steps to identify which Cayman entities are in scope and how to achieve compliance.
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Economic Substance – an overview and comparison summary of requirements
In response to increasing pressure from the EU and the OECD, and to avoid being placed on the EU Council’s list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes, each of Bermuda, BVI and Cayman have introduced economic substance legislation (ES Legislation) effective 1 January 2019 to satisfy such requirements. The ES Legislation varies slightly by jurisdiction…
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Extension of beneficial ownership register compliance deadline
The Bermuda Government has extended the transitional deadline from 24 September 2018 to 15 December 2018 regarding Bermuda’s introduction of beneficial ownership registers.
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REMINDER: 30 September Deadline for appointment of AML Officers under the Cayman Islands Anti-Money Laundering Regulations
FUNDS, PRIVATE EQUITY AND INVESTMENT VEHICLES Cayman Islands entities conducting relevant financial business are reminded they must appoint individuals as their AML Officers by 30 September 2018 under the AML Regulations (2018 Revision).
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Cayman Islands beneficial ownership regime
Under the Cayman Islands beneficial ownership legislation and regulations, certain Cayman Islands companies are required to maintain details of each qualifying beneficial owner in a beneficial ownership register. Each company that falls within the scope of the legislation is required to complete and maintain a register at its Cayman Islands registered office with a licensed corporate services…
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HK: New Client Due Diligence and Licensing Regime for Providers
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The Hong Kong government has now introduced amended legislation that regulates the provision of, until now, unregulated company services by accounting professionals, estate agents, legal professionals and trust and company service providers. The move is consistent with the government’s commitment to adopt common reporting standards, institute a register for persons with significant control and generally…