Articles

Accounting & tax analysis

FATCA: towards transparency

Washington’s introduction of the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act is creating additional concerns for offshore entities. Here, the implications of greater tax cooperation and transparency are explored.   1 January 1970

Analysis

Dodd-Frank: in search of clarity

The Nonadmitted and Reinsurance Reform Act is proving a thorny issue for captives. Do they pursue a potential home state advantage conferred by the act or hope for a captive exclusion?   1 January 1970

Bermuda analysis

An agreement of principles (BMA code of conduct)

With the BMA’s new code of conduct imminent, Paul O’Neill addresses its implicat ions for Bermuda’s captive sector.   1 January 1970

EMEA analysis

ECIROA: fighting its corner

Solvency II continues to dominate regulatory discussions in Europe, but Guenter Droese, chairman of ECIROA, is increasingly upbeat about the implications of its final form for the continent’s captive sector.   1 January 1970

EMEA analysis

The captive industry: to the barricades!

The captive sector faces challenging economic conditions globally and hardening attitudes in the US. Dennis Harwick, president of CICA, outlines the steps being taken to defend the sector's position.   1 January 1970

EMEA analysis

Regulatory complexity, simplified

Pierre Sonigo outlines the progress of European regulatory developments and explains why expected changes are as easy to understand as counting from one to five.   1 January 1970

EMEA analysis

Solvency II - irresistible momentum

Economic ructions in Europe and delays to Solvency II are threatening to derail a grand European exercise. Carlos Montalvo, executive director of EIOPA defends current progress of the wide-ranging regime.   1 January 1970

Actuarial & underwriting

Captive evolution

Yvette Essen provides an overview of the captive market, and indicates that there is cause for both opportunity and caution, with regulatory developments likely to have a significant impact on the sector.   1 January 1970

Bermuda analysis

Strengthening the island's regulatory position

Jeremy Cox, CEO of the Bermuda Monetary Authority, outlines the implications of Solvency II and the Authority’s new Code of Conduct, and explains that there is much to commend and little to fear from the new measures.   1 January 1970

Analysis

Due south: Bermuda and the Canadian tax exchange agreement

With a tax information exchange agreement with Canada due to be ratified in the country’s coming parliament, Bermuda Captive examines its implications for the Island’s captive sector.   1 January 1970

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