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Super-rich families in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East could be major targets for Bermuda’s wealth management industry, one of the organisers of a major conference next month said yesterday.
Jonathan Dunlop, chairman of the Bermuda branch of ...
DATE: Jan 20, 2014
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International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A Bermuda-listed firm has issued $400 million worth of ten-year notes.
The issue was announced by Hong Kong Land Holdings, part of the Bermuda-domiciled Jardine Matheson empire.
The issue will be made through The Hong Kong Land Finance (Cayman Island...
DATE: Jan 13, 2014
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Insurers paid out $31 billion in catastrophe losses last year — 25 billion below the long-term average losses, the world’s biggest reinsurer revealed yesterday.
Munich Re — which has just launched a $63 billion sidecar listed on the Bermuda Stock Exc...
DATE: Jan 09, 2014
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International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A US firm that routed business through a Bermuda subsidiary to “fleece” clients out of millions of dollars of extra fees has coughed up more than $150 million in fines in America.
The Bermuda arm of ConvergEx, a leading transactions services provider...
DATE: Dec 20, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda had the greatest percentage of growth in its register of companies in the first half of the year compared to other offshore jurisdictions, a top law firm said yesterday.
The Island saw 538 new firms set up in the first six months of 2013 — wh...
DATE: Dec 18, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Bermuda needs to roll out the red carpet at home and abroad to attract new business, a major seminar on captive insurance heard yesterday.
And the key to attracting more business from the booming markets of Latin America is personal visits, as well a...
DATE: Dec 17, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Tax loopholes in the EU which led to Bermuda coming under fire as a “tax haven” are to be closed.
The EU has moved to end the practice of firms moving money around member states to avoid tax — a method used by internet giant Google, with billions end...
DATE: Dec 13, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
A firm which moved to Bermuda five years ago has gone into provisional liquidation owing more than $120 million.
Richina Pacific Ltd (RPL), the parent of failed New Zealand construction firm Mainzeal Property & Construction, delisted from the New Zea...
DATE: Dec 05, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
International business chiefs are satisfied with Bermuda as a place to do business and live, a new survey revealed.
But big firm bosses are concerned about the cost of doing business on the Island, crime, public education standards and the potential ...
DATE: Nov 28, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor
Malta could become the “Bermuda of the Mediterranean” for insurance companies, the head of the subsidiary of a Bermuda-based firm said yesterday.
Mark Peeters, CEO of ArgoGlobal SE, which opened an office in Malta two years ago, said: “We were the fi...
DATE: Nov 22, 2013
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Raymond Hainey, Assistant News Editor