Daily Compliance News: April 7, 2025, The Whistleblowers Awarded Edition
Welcome to the first 2025 edition of our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this instalment, we provide a comprehensive overview of the latest regulatory developments to ensure you have the most up-to-date insights into...more
The Beneficial Ownership Transparency (Legitimate Interest Access) Regulations, 2024 commenced on 28 February 2025. Under these Regulations, the Cayman Islands Registrar (the “Registrar”) may provide access to the information...more
A warm welcome to this 12th edition of Conyers Coverage to kick off 2025. Now that the dust has settled, our team is reflecting on another exceptional year for the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry in 2024. We lawyers may...more
2024 was once again an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. In this edition of our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Outlook, our team has summarised the key changes and news during 2024 and taken a look at the...more
What is the Travel Rule? The virtual asset “Travel Rule”, formally known as the “Financial Action Task Force (FATF) Recommendation 16”, requires Virtual Asset Service Providers (VASPs) to share and hold specific customer...more
The Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, 2023 (the “BOT Act”) is now in force. The BOT Act was gazetted in December 2023 and was brought into force on 31 July 2024 by the BOT Act Commencement Order. The new Beneficial...more
A warm welcome to the Summer edition of Conyers Coverage. The whirlwind that is the Cayman Islands (re)insurance industry continues to blow with gusto! To keep you updated on recent developments, we include various items from...more
Welcome to the second instalment of 2024 of the Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. In this edition we cover several Cayman Islands regulatory updates including updates to the Beneficial Ownership Transparency Act, the...more
Welcome to the first instalment of 2024 of our Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review. As we cover in this issue, there have been a number of updates in the first quarter of the year. Perhaps most notably is the...more
2023 was an active year for the Cayman Islands regulatory industry. While we have endeavoured to keep you updated throughout the year with our Regulatory & Risk Advisory Reviews, our team has highlighted below the key changes...more
The Cayman Islands is now set to be removed from the EU anti-money laundering (AML) list. This action follows the decision of the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) monitoring group on 27 October 2023 and subsequent removal...more
Oct 2023 This decision was announced on 27 October at the closing of the FATF’s plenary meetings in Paris, France. The FATF announcement confirmed that the Cayman Islands maintains a robust and effective anti-money...more
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) recently issued a new Statement of Guidance for Mutual Funds and Private Funds (Corporate Governance Guidance) which: - updates the current guidance applicable to funds...more
We are pleased to welcome you to Conyers' Cayman Islands Regulatory & Risk Advisory Review, keeping you apprised of the latest regulatory news and developments. The past few months have been a particularly active time for...more
In a judgment handed down on 22 November 2022, the European Court, sitting as the Grand Chamber, held an anti-money-laundering directive to be invalid which required Member States under the Charter of Fundamental Rights of...more
As widely expected, the British Virgin Islands ("BVI") is shortly bringing into force new legislation to implement the Financial Action Task Force's standards on virtual assets and virtual asset service providers (known as...more