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Economic Substance is enhancing the reputation of the BVI economy, commented Charlotte Bailey, Managing Director of TMF and President of the Association of Registered Agents. The implementation success of the new regulatory standard, and resulting benefits was at the core of panel discussions during a November 10 virtual conference session for the Middle East Investment Summit (Dubai) 2020, titled: “Ensuring Compliance with the EU’s Economic Substance Requirements”. BVI Finance...

The way in which Asia’s economies, and the international financial centres they interact with, are able to re-start global growth and help other economies recover from the ravages of COVID-19, is an important topic. Learning from Asia’s experience of handling SARS and other outbreaks, and the region's rapid growth prior to the pandemic, will be crucial to our understanding of how quickly global progress can happen.

In the recent Spear’s Wealth Insights forum, I had the privilege of participating in a panel discussing the future of wealth creation alongside leading practitioners including Greg Boyd, a partner at Harneys, and Jeffrey Kirk, managing partner at Appleby, two leading firms in the British Virgin Islands (BVI). The panel aimed to digest two of the principle changemakers in wealth creation for the decades to come, namely digital assets and Africa. The rise of Africa and the adoption of digita...

Minister for Natural Resources, Immigration and Labour, Honourable Vincent Wheatley outlined the new work permit initiative for the financial services industry during Wednesday’s industry webinar hosted by BVI Finance.Honourable Wheatley said that the Government of the Virgin Islands, in its desire to be a lot more business-friendly, has been focusing on the reform of both Labour and Immigration to “make systems and processes a little more seamless” and introduced the Financial...

After 10 years, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) still ranks as the number one offshore jurisdiction, according to the VISTRA 2030 report, maintaining its ranking since the first study which was launched in 2010.

Friday, September 18, 2020 - On Wednesday’s BVI Finance Breakfast Forum, Honourable Vincent O. Wheatley, MHA, Minister for Natural Resources, Labour and Immigration addressed the work permit, labour and immigration matters arising from the Government's Restricted Border Reopening Plan.