Browsing: Panama Papers Caribbean

The 2016 Atlantic hurricane season has been quieter than forecast through August, providing relief for Caribbean property and tourism markets. Guyana’s oil investment momentum continues to build post-Payara discovery. Panama Papers regulatory aftershocks continue to reshape Caribbean offshore structures and CBI programmes.

One month into the Panama Papers scandal, the fallout for Caribbean offshore financial centres — particularly the BVI and Cayman Islands — is intensifying. Regulators and governments are under pressure to deliver beneficial ownership transparency, with direct implications for Caribbean property holding structures and citizenship by investment programmes.

Andrew Holness and the JLP won Jamaica’s 3 March election by a razor-thin margin. As this April edition goes to press, the Panama Papers — a massive global leak of offshore financial records — are breaking today, with profound implications for the Caribbean’s BVI, Cayman Islands, and offshore property structures.