Offshore

The Cayman Islands has emerged as a premier jurisdiction for digital asset funds, tokenised investment vehicles, and fintech ventures, offering regulatory clarity through frameworks like VASPA and SIBA. This comprehensive guide explores how entrepreneurs and fund managers can leverage Cayman's tax-neutral environment, flexible fund structures including segregated portfolio companies, and the Special Economic Zone to establish and scale digital asset businesses with legitimate offshore substance.

Global corporate transparency reforms are fundamentally changing how regulators identify beneficial owners behind offshore entities. Through enhanced shareholder registries and beneficial ownership...

The Central Bank of Ireland (the “Central Bank”) has published a thematic assessment report (the “Report”) following a review of the implementation of key aspects of the Fitness and Probity regime (the “F&P Regime”) in the MiFID investment firm sector.