Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Hong Kong’s status as an open jurisdiction offers hedge fund managers unparalleled flexibility to choose the domicile of their fund structure, free from restrictive local mandates. This allows managers to align their fund’s...more
Our investment funds team outline the latest developments within the investment funds market in the Cayman Islands, including the further changes to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, recent regulatory publications, CIMA annual...more
The Cayman Islands is a pre-eminent offshore funds jurisdiction. In fact, with just over 30,000 registered funds as at 30 March 2025, over 17,000 of which are closed-ended funds, Cayman accounts for around 68% of funds set up...more
Over the past 25 years, the Cayman Islands has become a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the formation of alternative investment funds, with nearly 13,000 regulated open-ended funds and over 17,000 regulated closed-ended funds....more
Special purpose vehicles (SPVs) are commonly employed as a structuring tool in many cross-border and structured finance transactions, and collateralised loan obligation (CLO) transactions are no exception. The Cayman Islands...more
Regulatory clarity in the digital assets and crypto space continues to be a moving target. Yet, the interest among policymakers and regulators worldwide has never been more pronounced. In the United States, 2024 was a pivotal...more
ケイマン諸島は世界有数のオフショアファンド法域です。2023年時点でのケイマン諸島における登録ファンド数は約29,500で、ケイマン諸島籍ファンドは、全世界の米国籍以外のファンド全体の68%を占めています。...more
The Cayman Islands is a pre-eminent offshore funds jurisdiction. In fact, with around 29,500 registered funds in 2023, Cayman accounts for 68% of funds set up outside of the United States....more
Our corporate team outline the latest developments within the corporate and finance market in Cayman including the amendments to the Beneficial Ownership Regime, winding up Cayman segregated portfolio companies, proposed...more
How does the beneficial ownership reporting regime developments impact those within the fund governance function? Introduction - As noted in our recent advisory, the Cayman Islands' beneficial ownership reporting...more
Over the past 25 years, the Cayman Islands has become a pre-eminent jurisdiction for the formation of alternative investment funds, with around 13,000 regulated open-ended funds and 16,000 regulated closed-ended funds. The...more
This article provides an overview of common structures for investment funds in the Cayman Islands. Investment funds in the Cayman Islands must be registered either under the Private Funds Act or the Mutual Funds Act,...more
この記事では、ケイマン諸島における一般的な投資ファンド組成に関する概要をご紹介します。 ケイマン諸島における投資ファンドは、ファンド戦略がクローズドエンド型かオープンエンド型かに応じて、プライベートファンド法またはミューチュアルファンド法のいずれかに基づいて登録されなければならないことになっています。...more
All Cayman entities that fall within the definition of “private fund” in the Private Funds Act (2021 Revision) are required to register with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA)....more
プライベートファンド法（2021年改正）に於ける「プライベートファンド」で定義されるケイマン諸島の全事業体は、ケイマン諸島金融管理局（CIMA）への登録が義務付けられています。...more
Every year, we track certain key data from new funds that we help our clients launch. By reviewing this data, comparing it with similar surveys and incorporating insights from our conversations with clients, we aim to draw...more
The Singapore Court recently delivered its judgment in Hyflux Ltd (in compulsory liquidation) v Lum Ooi Lin [2023] SGHC 113 (“Hyflux”). Despite the litigation funding landscape being slightly different in Singapore, the...more
While there is no ‘one size fits all’ solution as to how boards of directors should regulate their business and conduct their meetings, directors must pay regard to applicable law, the fund’s memorandum and articles of...more
As the Fontainebleau once again prepares for an influx of fund finance professionals to its restaurants and nightclubs, we got to thinking about another kind of club (those funds registered with CIMA under the Private Funds...more
On 17 August 2022, the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”) published a set of new regulatory measures in connection with the de-registration of mutual funds and private funds (the “Procedures”) as regulated funds in...more
The ongoing convergence of the private equity and insurance sectors has recently led private equity managers to innovate in their investment structures offered to investors – and in particular to insurers. From a Cayman...more
We are often asked by our clients: “What are you seeing? Anything interesting in the market on your side?” Our answer, as Cayman counsel, is more often than not that we are a ship floating in a tide and what they see as...more
Further to our recent Alert in respect of the upcoming deadline for filing Fund Annual Return Forms (“FAR”), please note that the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) has extended the filing deadline and issued a notice...more
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (“CIMA”)has released the form of FAR which is to be filed by all private funds registered pursuant to the Private Funds Act (the “Act”). Operators of private funds (the directors,...more
It may be that you woke up last Saturday morning, spotted the date 7 August on your phone, and then had that feeling that you’d forgotten something of significance on this date – a birthday perhaps, or maybe worse, a wedding...more