Log In

A controversial Euro list of dodgy tax jurisdictions that included Bermuda has been dealt a blow after Poland said the Island should not have been included on its submission. The move came after the European Commission unveiled the 30-jurisdiction ‘b...

Finance Minister Bob Richards yesterday hit back after Bermuda was put on an EU blacklist as part of bid to crack down on multinational companies dodging tax. And he pledged to raise the problem with EU officials on a trip to Europe next week. Mr Ric...

Bermuda has been named by the European Union as a country that is not doing enough to crack down on tax avoidance. The Island was one of 30 countries on the list published by the EU’s executive Commission today. “These tax havens cover the five conti...

On the taxi ride back home from the LF Wade International Airport a couple of weeks ago my unapologetic driver informed me the fare had gone from the usual $30 to about $40, a 33 per cent increase. That made me think of a topic which I believe every ...

As a business owner who serves small businesses, Alastair Williams is well positioned to gauge recovery in that sector of Bermuda’s economy. “Are we beginning to see these ‘green shoots’ appearing?” Mr Williams asked The Royal Gazette as part of our ...

What should you do, if anything, about sinking bond prices? Seeking Alpha’s Wall Street Breakfast reported last Thursday morning that “bond yields continued their sell-off as the six-week bond rout rumbled on. Further United States Treasury yields r...

Bermuda has been awarded provisional equivalence with tough new rules on business solvency by the European Commission. The Island joins Australia, Brazil, Canada and the US in a delegated decision by the Commission under the Solvency II regulations, ...

Bonds offered by the Bermuda Government offer the lowest risk for investors of any country in the Caribbean region, according to Euromoney’s Country Risk (ECR) survey. Bermuda ranks 44 in the magazine’s global rankings, on the same level as Spain and...

Partnerships will gain more of the same rights as businesses under amendments to the law that Government hopes will boost the Island’s asset management sector. Economic Development Minister Grant Gibbons said the changes to the Partnership Act 1902 w...

Just two months into the Bermuda Government’s 2015-16 fiscal year, the public debt is taking its toll. The graphic above shows the cost of merely servicing the debt for the months of April and May equates to more than $560 for every Bermudian man, w...