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A trio of first-time conferences is set to attract hundreds of high-spending delegates to Bermuda, the Bermuda Development Agency (BDA) has revealed.
It is hoped that the conferences will boost the Island’s reputation as a business base hot spot amon...
DATE: Mar 18, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda legal firm Appleby has had 16 of its lawyers recognised by a leading professional publication.
Chambers Global Guide, a top research tool for lawyers, also top-ranked the firm’s Bermuda insurance and dispute resolution teams.
The 16 — the hig...
DATE: Mar 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda’s ship registry has just logged its biggest single transaction of 14 ships.
The ships are owned by Team Tankers International, the new holding company for Eitzen Chemical shipping group, which last year decided to domicile in Bermuda and rebr...
DATE: Mar 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bank and capital markets chiefs are bullish about better days ahead, according to a new survey.
But the survey also showed that they feel they face challenges — including over-regulation, cyber risk and fresh competition for business including the cr...
DATE: Mar 10, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
The marketing chief of Bermuda-based Bacardi has been listed as one of the top in his field in an international awards scheme run by professional magazine Advertising Age.
Chief marketing officer Dmitry Ivanov has made the magazine’s “40 under 40” li...
DATE: Mar 03, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda firm is to expand its business into wealth management.
EFG International — which specialised in investment research — is changing its name to EFG Wealth Management (Bermuda) and moving into asset management with a strong focus on the captiv...
DATE: Feb 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda logged a massive $20 billion-plus in deals in the last quarter of 2014 — the highest amount of any offshore jurisdiction.
And experts predicted “merger mania” would continue into this year as firms rush to consolidate.
The Island notched up h...
DATE: Feb 26, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Britain would hammer financial services professionals who help clients avoid tax under a new law, a Liberal Democrat Treasury Minister said yesterday.
UK Treasury Minister Danny Alexander said there should be a new offence of “corporate failure to av...
DATE: Feb 23, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
More than $609 million in Bermuda-linked money was found in leaked documents about HSBC’s controversial Swiss private bank.
One Bermuda client alone had $234.9 million stashed in Switzerland — one among around 65 clients connected to Bermuda and 183 ...
DATE: Feb 17, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Would-be British Prime Minister Ed Miliband has sparked a storm of protest after he declared war on Bermuda and other Overseas Territories he branded tax havens.
And yesterday the Bermuda Business Development Agency (BDA) added its voice to the choru...
DATE: Feb 11, 2015
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor