Financial Services
Cayman Islands Financial Services Ministry
European Union:
Financial Action Task Force (FATF):
Caribbean Financial Action Task Force:
Legal Practioners Bill:
- Legal Practitioners Bill, 2016
- Legal Practitioners Bill – Frequently Asked Questions (Caymanian Bar Association website)
- Letter to Panton re Legal Practitioners Bill, 10 Nov 2016
- Letter from FS Minister Wayne Panton to lawyers objecting the Legal Practioners Bill, 1 Dec 2016
- Private Member’s Motion on possible breaches of Legal Practitioners Law, February 2017
- Legal Practitioners Bill survey results
- Joint Statement of MLAs McLean, Conolly, Miller, Suckoo and Eden re Response by Minister Panton to Motion No. 17.17 (Legal Practitioners Bill)
- Cayman Finance statement re private member’s motion by Arden McLean and Winston Connolly
- Legal opinion re section 10 of Legal Practitioners Law by Paul Garlick QC, 23 March 2017
Beneficial Ownership:
Exchange of information between UK government and the Cayman Islands government – The exchange of notes and technical protocol for sharing beneficial ownership information came into force on 8 April 2016.
More information on the FCO website here
- Prime Minister’s letter to the Overseas Territories on beneficial ownership, 25 April 2014
- Chief Officer Dax Basdeo Statement, enhancement of exchange of information of beneficial ownership 11 April 2016
- Premier Statement, Enhanced sharing of beneficial ownership, 11 April 2016
- Letter from Cayman FS Minister Wayne Panton to George Osborne regarding the BO initiative, 6 May 2016
- Letter from Chancellor George Osborne to Cayman Minister Wayne Panton, 10 May 2016
Consultation documents, November 2016:
- Press release – Comments Invited on Legislation to Create Beneficial Ownership Platform – 29 Nov 2016
- Consultation Draft Bill – The Companies (Amendment) Law 2017
- Cayman’s Centralised Platform for Beneficial Ownership Information – 29 Nov 2016
UK Financial conduct Authority:
CIG Letter to FCA re FOI3320 – High Risk Countries List final 8 July 2014
FCA Response to the Cayman Islands Government 12 August 2014
Government Details Its Response to FCA’s ‘High Risk’ List – 14 Aug 14
Court Documents:
Winding up Petition Bateman and Co (10 August 2016) for hearing 29 Sept 2016
Links to Industry Associations:
Cayman Bar Association (CBA)
Cayman Islands Bankers Association (CIBA)
Cayman Islands Compliance Association (CICA)
Cayman Islands Directors Association (CIDA)
Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants (CIIPA)
Cayman Islands Law Society (CILS)
Insurance Managers Association of Cayman (IMAC)
