Panama: Fund Management/ REITs

When two parties negotiate a purchase, a merger or any one-time transaction, the same tension always arises: the buyer doesn’t want to pay before receiving what was agreed, and the seller doesn’t want to hand over the asset without certainty of payment. An escrow account, or guarantee deposit account, exists precisely to resolve that dilemma.

The stock market is undoubtedly one of the most important economic forces in the world. Every year, billions of dollars are moved through stock exchange operations, and year after year, in most...

Panama has a little known, but highly flexible private fund regime. In competition with other jurisdictions, Panama offers a lightly regulated and cost effective fund structure for up to 20 investors.