Insights

Harneys recently had the pleasure of announcing that our British Virgin Islands office had re-registered itself under the Limited Partnership Act 2017 to take advantage of a number of the provisions in the new legislation. In that announcement we referred to some of the advantages of registration under the new legislation (apart from the obvious benefit of limited liability structures).

Offshore vehicles are beneficial for private investors’ participating in the the “Belt and Road” initiative (BRI) which was instigated by the Chinese President Xi Jinping in 2013 to convert what was once known as the Silk Road to a modern trade and economic cooperation project spanning 71 countries.

Many owners of hurricane damaged properties have now either agreed a settlement figure after filing an insurance claim, or received an insurance payout. As a result, an increasing number of property owners have the benefit of greater certainty in relation to their financial position and are able to commit to undertaking repairs. This article aims to address some of the main pitfalls that property owners should bear in mind when planning and undertaking work to their properties. Download the PDF to read the full article from VI Property and Yacht's July 2018 edition.

On 29 June 2018 the China Insurance Regulatory Commission (CIRC) issued its Administrative Measures for Financial Assets Investment Companies (Trial) (the Measures). The overall gist of the Measures is to bring about deleveraging and meaningful restructuring of indebted companies (both balance sheet and operational). To achieve this goal, the CIRC wants domestic banks to be shareholders of financial asset investment companies, and will also allow any proportion of foreign investor participation.

On 30 May 2018, Directive (EU) 2018/843 amending Directive (EU) 2015/849 on the prevention of the use of the financial system for the purposes of money laundering or terrorist financing, and amending Directives 2009/138/EC and 2013/36/EU (5AMLD) was adopted. This Directive should be transposed into national law by 10 January 2020.

We are living in a globalised age. Whilst the developed economies of the world are usually keen for markets to open and remain open for business, sanctions represents a unique instance where otherwise open economies may be forcibly closed from investors and the global economy at large. In Cyprus, the Russia and Iran sanctions regimes represent cases in point on this. This article was originally published in Greek, on http://www.sigmalive.com/