News

06/11/25

CAYMAN: China’s growing presence in Cayman’s financial industry

22/09/25

CAYMAN ISLANDS: New AML regulator to supervise lawyers in finance business

21/02/25

CAYMAN ISLANDS: Changes made as beneficial ownership regime reworked

29/11/24

CAYMAN ISLANDS: Cayman moves toward more beneficial owner access

Articles

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06/05/25

Cayman Islands: Building On Innovation And Sustained Growth

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28/01/25

Cayman Islands: Sky-high Standards In STAR Trusts

Featured image for “Cayman Islands: Trends In Trusts And Foundation Companies”
10/10/23

Cayman Islands: Trends In Trusts And Foundation Companies

Featured image for “The Risky Business Of Being A Professional Trustee”
22/03/23

The Risky Business Of Being A Professional Trustee

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08/09/22

The Contemporary Cayman Trust

Featured image for “The Rise & Rise Of Cayman Foundation Companies”
31/05/22

The Rise & Rise Of Cayman Foundation Companies

Featured image for “Trusts, Turmoil, And The Tropics – A Cayman Islands Perspective”
29/09/21

Trusts, Turmoil, And The Tropics – A Cayman Islands Perspective

Featured image for “Personal Data Trusts And The Cayman Islands”
24/03/21

Personal Data Trusts And The Cayman Islands

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03/02/21

Changing A Trust’s Governing Law To Cope With Unavoidable Change

Featured image for “A Toolbox for Tough Times”
01/06/20

A Toolbox for Tough Times

Featured image for “Cayman Enhances its Trusts Regime”
27/08/19

Cayman Enhances its Trusts Regime

Featured image for “Foundation Companies: Cayman’s Newest Offering”
01/05/18

Foundation Companies: Cayman’s Newest Offering

Featured image for “Anti-Forced Heirship and Anti-Foreign Law Regimes: Time for a Re-Think?”
07/07/15

Anti-Forced Heirship and Anti-Foreign Law Regimes: Time for a Re-Think?

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01/04/15

Succession and an Alternative to the Trust

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01/02/15

Keeping Pace with the Ever Changing World in Which We Practice

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01/01/14

Confidentiality in the Modern World

Featured image for “Interview with Hélène Anne Lewis”
01/08/13

Interview with Hélène Anne Lewis

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01/06/12

Foreign Laws, Foreign Judgments and Cayman Islands Trusts

Fact File

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    Cayman Finance.

    Location

    The Cayman Islands are in the western Caribbean, 460 miles south of Miami, Florida and 167 miles northwest of Jamaica.

    Time zone

    The Cayman Islands observes Eastern Standard Time (-5 UTC) all year. There are no Daylight Saving Time clock changes. As a result, the Islands effectively share Central Daylight Time from the second Sunday in March to the first Sunday in November.

    Population

    83,671.

    Capital

    George Town, Grand Cayman.

    Airport(s)

    Owen Roberts International Airport (Grand Cayman), Charles Kirkconnell International Airport (Cayman Brac), Edward Bodden Airfield (Little Cayman).

    Language

    English.

    Currency

    Cayman Islands dollar (CI$) pegged to the US dollar at a rate of CI$1.00 = US$1.20.

    Political System

    Parliamentary democracy with judicial, executive and legislative branches.

    International dialing code

    +1 345.

    Legal system

    Common law and statute with the highest appellate court being the UK Privy Council.

    Centre's expertise

    Investment funds and asset management, banking, insurance, reinsurance, capital markets, and trusts.

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