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Bermuda has concluded negotiations of a tax information exchange agreement (TIEA) with Belgium, Finance Minister Paula Cox announced yesterday.
The deal includes a commitment by Belgium to conclude a series of "mini double taxation agreements with Be...
DATE: Dec 08, 2009
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Bermuda's banking sector saw its profitability improve in the third quarter for the second successive three-month period — but deposits tumbled by $500 million.
The second edition of financial regulator the Bermuda Monetary Authority's Quarterly Bank...
DATE: Dec 08, 2009
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Seven Bermudians cleared the toughest hurdle on the road to becoming a Chartered Accountant by passing the Uniform Final Examination (UFE).
The seven, in addition to a handful of Canadians working on the Island, learned they had passed last Friday an...
DATE: Dec 08, 2009
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If the British Government raises taxes further, more UK companies will consider moving their domiciles to lower-tax jurisdictions.
That is the view of Michael Spencer, chief executive officer of Icap, the world's largest inter-dealer broker, who is a...
DATE: Dec 07, 2009
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Exploring new ways to help young people find careers in the Island's insurance industry is high on the agenda of incoming Bermuda Foundation for Insurance Studies (BFIS) president and chairman Michael Fisher.
Since being founded in 1996, BFIS has pro...
DATE: Dec 04, 2009
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Rebounding financial markets helped Argus Group Holdings Ltd. achieve a $12.2 million profit for the six months ended September 30 this year — a $54 million swing from the loss the company suffered in the same period last year.
A $10.2 million increa...
DATE: Dec 04, 2009
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Max Capital Group Ltd. has recruited two executives who had led Bermuda rival XL Re's reinsurance operations in South America to head its own new office in the region.
Carlos Caputo will serve as chief executive officer of Max's Latin American busine...
DATE: Dec 03, 2009
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PartnerRe chief executive officer Patrick Thiele is to take over as the new chairman of the Association of Bermuda Insurers and Reinsurers (ABIR).
He will succeed Axis Capital chairman Michael Butt at the helm of the board of the major industry repre...
DATE: Dec 03, 2009
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Many Bermuda companies are facing the prospect of changing the way they report their financial results, as regulators seek to move towards a global accounting standard.
The Island's publicly listed companies will have to adopt International Financial...
DATE: Dec 02, 2009
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Rumours of a mega-merger in the Bermuda reinsurance market are circulating again.
The latest report comes from Reinsurance magazine, which cites sources who say that Aspen and Ariel Re are "close to signing a merger agreements".
The story quotes Lond...
DATE: Dec 01, 2009
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