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The Cayman Islands is a leading financial services centre.. Cayman Islands company law is primarily codified in the Companies Law (2018 Revision) and the Limited Liability Companies Law, 2016, [1] and to a lesser extent in the Securities and Investment Business Law (2015 Revision).
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) is the primary financial services regulator of the Cayman Islands and supervises its currency board. [2]The CIMA manages the Cayman Islands currency, regulates and supervises financial services, provides assistance to overseas regulatory authorities and advises the Cayman Islands government on financial-services regulatory matters.
In this list of financial regulatory and supervisory authorities, central banks are only listed where they act as direct supervisors of individual financial firms, and competition authorities and takeover panels are not listed unless they are set up exclusively for financial services.
The CDD rule enhances CDD requirements for "U.S. banks, mutual funds, brokers or dealers in securities, futures commission merchants, and introducing brokers in commodities. [3]" The CDD rule requires that financial institutions identify and verify the identity of customers associated with open accounts. The CDD rule has four core requirements: [3]
The Cayman Islands Department of Commerce & Investment, formerly known as the Cayman Islands Investment Bureau (until 2010), is a government agency that was established to promote investment in the Cayman Islands. The department offers several free services to foreign investors seeking to establish a business in the Cayman Islands.
Numbered bank accounts are bank accounts wherein the identity of the holder is replaced with a multi-digit number known only to the client and selected private bankers. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] Although these accounts do add another layer of banking secrecy , they are not completely anonymous as the name of the client is still recorded by the bank and is ...
Cross-border Bank Resolution Group: compares the national policies, legal frameworks and the allocation of responsibilities for the resolution of banks with significant cross-border operations The Accounting Experts Group (AEG): ensures that accounting and auditing standards help promote sound risk management thereby maintaining the safety and ...
Cayman has introduced a new regime for the licensing and registration of directors of investment fund companies that are “regulated” under the Mutual Funds Law (2013 Revision) and directors of companies registered as “excluded persons” under paragraphs 1 and 4 of Schedule 4 of the Securities Investment and Business Law (2011 Revision).