Archive for September 4th, 2014

UK watchdog backtracks on blacklist

UK watchdog backtracks on blacklist

| 04/09/2014 | 6 Comments

(CNS Business): In a complete about-face following its initial blacklisting of the Cayman Islands and subsequent refusal to remove the jurisdiction from its list a ‘High Risk Countries’, the Financial Conduct Authority, which regulates the UK’s financial services industry, has confirmed that the list has been removed from its website and that it does not […]

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CIDA offers 3-day directors accreditation course

CIDA offers 3-day directors accreditation course

| 04/09/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): The Cayman Islands Directors Association (CIDA) is offering the Directors Accreditation Course (DEAP) again on the 10, 11 and 12 September. The cost of the course for CIDA members is US$1,000. The Accreditation Course is delivered in a condensed period of time and focuses on four areas, Governance, Finance, Strategy and Risk Management. […]

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PPM announces electoral reform for 2017

PPM announces electoral reform for 2017

| 04/09/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): When voters in the Cayman Islands go to the polls in 2017 all of them will have just one vote, as the ruling Progressives party has now committed to ‘one man, one vote’  in single member constituencies, as was promised in their 2013 election campaign. Currently voters in four of the six districts […]

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WestStar and Cayman 27 sold to Logic

WestStar and Cayman 27 sold to Logic

| 04/09/2014 | 0 Comments

(CNS Business): Cable TV provider WestStar and its TV station Cayman 27 have been bought out by Bermuda-based KeyTech, the parent company of Logic. In an announcement Wednesday, the KeyTech Group of Companies revealed that its subsidiary, WestTel Limited (Logic Cayman) has acquired the Cayman-based company, British Overseas Territory Cable & Telecommunications (BOTCAT), financed through […]

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