Essays on cayman islands

The research aims to determine the significance of service quality on customer satisfaction in the retail banking sector of Cayman Islands and to analyse if value, corporate or technology plays a critical role between service quality and customer satisfaction in the retail banking sector of Cayman Islands... The objective of this research was to obtain a comprehensive understanding of the factors existing in the Cayman Islands retail banking industry with regards to service quality and the level...

The paper "Freedom of Information Act on the Cayman Islands" discusses that the very lack of clarity in the clear establishment of boundaries on such issues in the Act that is likely to create confusion and in practice, restrict access to information for the people of Caymen islands.... The levels of access to the people of Caymen islands may also be restricted in actual practice due to the mixing up of legislative functions with those of the executive. The Act demonstrates the deficiency of allowing...

The Cayman Islands The Cayman Islands is a small Caribbean country that entices the world's millionaire's club with its dreamy reefs and beaches and investment-friendly government policies.... Cayman Islands boasts of nature's best galleries and formulate fiscal policies that give the other countries' offshore financial sector a run for their money.... Finally, there are no property taxes in Cayman Islands.... %) fee that is collected for mortgages of real property (Cayman Islands Government FAQ)....

Grand Cayman Island History of Grand Cayman Visitors to the island of Grand Cayman, the largest and most populated of the three Cayman Islands, are sure to find just as much to do as they found in Montego Bay, Jamaica.... Early settlement efforts were largely unsuccessful, even after Great Britain assumed control of Jamaica and Grand Cayman in the Treaty of Madrid in 1670; a permanent settlement established was not established until 1730 (“Background Notes: Cayman Islands”)....

The study 'China's Outward FDI in Latin America' was focussed on the relationship between China and its tax havens, the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands, and the study attempts to highlight its growing FDI patterns in LAC, particularly in CBVI.... he most interesting and worrying fact of Chinese foreign investment is that the first choice among many of the foreign destinations happens to be the British Virgin Islands and the Cayman Islands; these two are known as the tax haven of Latin America (Lina 1-5)....

Situation Analysis The Cayman Islands is a very small group of Islands consisting of 51,384 persons.... The Cayman Islands is a very small group of Islands consisting of 51,384 persons.... The Cayman fire service provides fire prevention and emergency services, domestic and aerodrome rescue and fire fighting services for the people of the Cayman Islands.... There are currently six female officers working in the Cayman Islands – four in Grand Cayman and two in Cayman Brac....

Specifically, I am focused on the position of Assistant Manager of Operations at their Cayman Islands site.... They are a professional international law firm that helps financial, institutional and business clients around the world to safeguard and build their financial and global security by advising them on the laws of the Cayman Islands, Ireland, and British Virgin Islands.... Of course, the Cayman Islands provide a tropical paradise backdrop and ocean resort lifestyle for this career opportunity....

Offshore jurisdictions that are fertile for Islamic finance include; Cayman Islands, Isle of Man, Jersey, Guernsey, Bahamas, British Virgin Islands, Bahrain, Labuan (Malaysia), Luxembourg, Dubai International Financial Centre and Dublin (Ireland).... , Cayman Islands are among the most respected offshore jurisdiction with one of the largest and most efficient banking centre in the world.... Cayman Islands are respectable and have stable commercial infrastructure accompanied by flexible legislations....

The paper "Islamic Finance and Entrepreneurship" states that the word 'sharia' is originated from the root sh-r-'meaning to enter or to go.... In the same work, Roald elucidates 'sharia' as ' the way to watering place' denoting the place where animals gather for the purpose of drinking water.... ...

According to Mahlknecht and Hassan, there are more than three hundred Islamic Banks in sixty countries.... The main objective of establishing an Islamic bank was to promote economic and social development of Islamic communities in pursuit of Shari'ah principles.... .... ... ... Some conventional banks have integrated Islamic banking by creating subsidiaries that offer Shari'ah products....

These components are Cayman Islands Special Vehicle (Cayman SPV), U.... In the early years, it was an independent oil business.... The two main shareholders were Campbell, who owned 36.... 6% stake and Roger Evans, the son with 28.... 3% stake.... Open Choke Energy Advisors.... ... ...

The most interesting topic is transparency and taxes especially when it came from UK Prime Minister because it presents an irony considering that UK's overseas territories are well known for tax havens such as the Cayman Islands, the British Virgin Islands, Bermuda, and Jersey.... The paper "A Taxing G-8 Summit" discusses that human development will stagnate because positive interventions will not materialize due to the lack of funds....

30, 1982) (holding that a corporation of the Cayman Islands, whose corporate law is clearly independent of the United Kingdoms, is not a citizen or subject of the United Kingdom).... 983) (holding that corporations of the Channel islands, a province which is part of the United Kingdom proper, governed by British law, and whose foreign affairs are entirely controlled by the United Kingdom, is a citizen or subject of the United Kingdom); Compare St....

Cayman Islands (Junior, Ltd.... Monopolies often prevent free competition in the market.... The act states that any company that engages in contracts inside the United States or with foreign nations in order.... ... ... Such contracts are, in effect, illegal.... The penalty for such contracts, if found guilty, is over $ 10,000,000 in the case of companies....

English is predominantly spoken in the United States, Bermuda, Canada and the Cayman Islands.... The United States has a land area of 9,809,460 square kilometers, while Canada has 9,976,140 square kilometers (North America). ... ... egarding the climate,.... ... ... In Northern Canada and Alaska, there is an Arctic climate with relatively short summers....

Cook Islands, for example, is located in the Pacific and the Cayman Islands in the Caribbean although Jersey is just nearby.... However, in two instances, Yardley drew from the said accounts and transferred them to a cayman Island bank account and to a Cook Island bank account worth £8 million and £7 million....

(Freeland, 2010) Recreational Scuba diving began in 1957 in the Cayman Islands.... (2007), Lonely planet living& snorkeling Cayman Islands, Lonely Planet ... In this paper, the author demonstrates how scuba diving has a lot to offer to the field of marine science and other activities....

Corporations are more complex in our high-tech world.... Two decades ago, business was more simple and slower-paced.... Today's corporate world is more knowledgeable, more sophisticated, and more advanced.... .... ... ... Due to faster planes, the Internet, electronic documents, digital demands, and virtual everything, it definitely is a small word after all!...

In a quest to diversify its portfolio, Aqua resources limited made several investments in subsidiaries such as Aqua Resources (In-Pipe) Holdings Limited, Aqua Resources Asia Holdings Limited, an exempt company incorporated in the Cayman Islands formed in October 2008 and Cooperative Aqua Netherlands Holdings UA, a Dutch co-operative company formed on 22 March 2010.... he company's investment manager is FourWinds Capital Management which has the responsibility for the discretionary management of its assets with a proven track record of generating returns and managing risk across natural resources investments including water-related assets The company had a subsidiary called Ranhill Water Technologies (cayman) Limited....

he firm used an accounting technique called Repo agreements, which banks used from time to time, this would involve borrowing money from Banks in the Cayman Islands and using its Toxic assets as collateral, as a result, it managed to look healthy on paper, as well as hid its troubled assets for the government and its business partners and clients....

The company runs other 80 luxury hotels and restaurants in 26 countries including Austria, Canada, Bahrain, Chile, Egypt, China, Cayman Islands, Germany, Indonesia, Italy, Ireland, Korea, Japan, Mexico, Malaysia, Portugal, Oman, Qatar, Puerto Rico, Saudi Arabia, Russia, Spain, Singapore, The United Arab Emirates (UAE), Turkey, Virgin Islands and the US (The Ritz Carlton Hotel Fact Sheet, 2010)....

In the Western Hemisphere, the Bahamas and later the Cayman Islands provided similar facilities.... The Forum's program was set out to the global financial community in March 2000 during its Plenary Meeting in the Cayman Islands.... On the same ground The Channel islands and the Isle of Man provided very similar opportunities.... authorities have published a review of the offshore business of the Channel islands and the Isle of Man, which provides considerable information on the nature of the business carried out in those jurisdictions....

Notably, most of the international banks are located in countries such as the Isle of Man, Cayman Islands, Panama and Belize that characteristically have low or no estate and income taxes.... Some key offshore banking centers recognized by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) include Singapore, the Bahamas, Panama, the Cayman Islands, the Netherlands Antilles and Hong Kong....

As noted by Golshan, tax havens are not only in existence in countries such as Panama and the Cayman Islands, but they also exist in countries like the United States, particularly in Wyoming and Delaware (par 14).... It means that the big corporations and investors from developed countries are encouraged to start companies in countries like Panama and Cayman Islands, which would assist the locals by creating employment as well as enjoy other benefits.... As noted by Winship, some of the common tax havens include Bahamas, Seychelles, Virgin islands, and Panama (par 13)....

Such a place would be the Cayman Islands.... There is no extradition in the Cayman Islands.... "Six Scenarios Concerning Environmental Health" paper provides various cases and decisions to them.... The author describes his own thoughts and experience concerning the issues with apartments, shops, their management, the law of property, and the owner's rights....

It can be noted that the second biggest licensing authority in relation to the number of captives is the Cayman Islands (Duffy, 2004, p.... The case study under the title "Developing and Managing Contracts" states that captive insurance firms are insurance firms set up with a particular aim of ascertaining risks resulting from their parent firms or groups; they also cover risks of the company's clients....

The author of "Singapore's Dengue Haemorrhagic Fever Control Programme" paper examines the National environment agency's initiatives, the Sanofi vaccine, and Oxitec's genetically modified mosquitoes and makes resolutions on which option best suits Singapore.... ... ... ... The prospect of people in Singapore being vaccinated is a better play as opposed to the unpredictable results of Oxitec's GM mosquitoes....

They created fictitious entities completely separate from it such as ‘Mahoria' and ‘Yosemite' reported to be in the Cayman Islands.... This case study "Enron Accounting Scandal" discusses the Enron Accounting Scandal that means more than a tale of accounting manipulations; it was a complex system of connivance and political clout (Cantoria, 2011)....

ENRON ACCOUNTING SCANDAL It was in 1985 when Texas-based Houston Natural Gas merged with a Nebraska-based natural gas company, InterNorth that lead to the formation of the new company Enron.... In its earlier years of operation, Enron started as a natural gas provider.... ... ... ... By 1989, it had begun trading natural gas commodities and by 1994 it entered the market for trading electricity (www....

Surrounding economies like Cayman Islands' growth to tax havens emphasizes the importance of such economies.... The author states that China has grown into the topmost preferred foreign direct investments destinations in the past few decades.... It has gone further to become a basis of outflowing direct investments as well....

In the Western Hemisphere, the Bahamas and later the Cayman Islands provided similar facilities.... On the same ground The Channel islands and the Isle of Man provided very similar opportunities.... The author of this paper "Tax Havens of Offshore Financial Centers" explores the idea of taxation that has always been the government's most potent way of generating revenue....

This kind of core competency provides Burger King a competitive advantage in providing a “unique value to their customers in an efficient.... ... ... In addition, the manner it prepares it products by its flame broiled method as opposed to grills that fry differentiate itself from competition that are Burger King was able to configure and coordinate its value chain by supporting local suppliers that has met its global specification and standards....

This is because economies like Cayman Islands' growth to tax havens emphasize the importance of such economies.... China has in the recent past undergone spectacular economic growth.... The country's Gross Domestic Product in 2008 reached $4.... trillion.... China has gone ahead of Germany to become the third most developed economy in the world....

The specifics would have to be worked out with her tax lawyers, but perhaps they could set up a tax shelter in the Cayman Islands by setting up an account there and funneling the money there—either that or in Switzerland.... Memo: Tax Research Problem Word Count: 1053 (4 pages) To: J....

The next year the Cayman Islands treaded in the footsteps of the Bahamas, and implements the Bank Secrecy Act.... This is the reason that the Cayman Islands are known as one of the top off shore banking centres. ... The author of the paper "Anti-Money Laundering" will begin with the statement that money laundering and terrorist financing is a serious issue for most countries and it raises important issues in relation to avoidance, detection, and prosecution....

uidance Notes on the International Tax Compliance Requirements of the Intergovernmental Agreements Between the Cayman Islands and the United States of America and The United Kingdom  ... he Cayman Islands, U.... greement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the Turks and Caicos islands to Improve International Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA  ... urks and Caicos islands, US ... greement between the Government of the United States of America and the Government of the British Virgin islands to Improve Tax Compliance and to Implement FATCA  ...

Cayman Islands, Northern Netherlands Antilles, Anguilla, etc.... The foundation's report cited the US Virgin islands waters that received oil spills from motorized vessels such as yacht, ferry and cruise ship (Island Resources Foundation 1996).... This paper ''Preventing Biodiversity Reduction in the Coastal Zone'' tells us that Biodiversity, short for biological diversity, refers to the richness of living things in a particular ecosystem....

Agtmael (2007) explains that the foreign activities of Vale SA are always based on the Cayman Islands.... From the paper "Vale as a Mining Company" it is clear that the company is a very stable and profitable company that an investor should seek to acquire.... Based on the ratios identified, we can denote that the company does not operate under debt, and it uses its own resources to finance its activities....

Cayman Islands, Northern Netherlands Antilles, Anguilla, etc.... The foundation's report cited the US Virgin islands waters that received oil spills from motorized vessels such as yacht, ferry and cruise ship (Island Resources Foundation 1996).... "Preventing Biodiversity Reduction in the Coastal Zone" paper focuses on the coastal zone, an ecosystem that contains a rich diversity of life forms....

To the north-west of Cuba lies United States, to the north Bahamas, to the east Haiti, to the south Cayman Islands and Jamaica and to the west lies Mexico.... To the north-west of Cuba lies United States, to the north Bahamas, to the east Haiti, to the south Cayman Islands and Jamaica and to the west lies Mexico.... Cuba is a group of islands which lies between the oceans North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean.... Cuba is a group of islands which lies between the oceans North Atlantic, Gulf of Mexico and the Caribbean....

Other countries include Cayman Islands, British Virgin Islands, South Africa and Nigeria.... The paper "Direct Foreign Investment between China and Brazil" states that China is more diversified in terms of its FDI compared to Brazil.... China has its FDI present in almost all the continents with Brazil mainly concentrating on the US and European countries such as Spain and Netherlands....

Among the countries that have established these statutes are the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, the Bahamas and Bermuda among others.... The paper "Analysis of the Rationale behind the Rule that Non-charitable Purpose Trusts Are Unenforceable" states that the validity, applicability and enforceability of non-charitable purpose trust continue to be challenged on the rationale of lack of the clear identification of beneficiaries....

It refers to the phenotypic variant resulting in greatest fitness among the specified series of variants within an environment.... It describes distinguished.... ... ... Animals camouflaging under water protect themselves from the lurking predators while predators camouflage to hide from their prey....

The advert alleged that Romney had hidden wealth in Bermuda, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands.... This study will represent some details about 2012 Presidential Campaign Advertising with the purpose to to determine the adverts' effectiveness and failure points in marketing Barrack Obama and Mitt Romney to the American voters....

Millions in the Cayman Islands.... The paper "Case Closed" is a detective investigation into the murder of the owner of a real estate business.... What was the motive for the murder - a raider attack, an attempt to rob the office or personal motives of the killer and what's the role of the murdered businessman's wife in the whole story?...

Organized crime in the United States has evolved for the past two decades because of technological advancements and globalization of both legal and illegal enterprises, among other factors.... Criminals are now using technology to expand their illicit business operations and to.... ... ... The U....

One such calamity occurred in Cayman Islands in 2004.... "Role of Insurance Companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts Play in Serving the Individual Market" paper compares and contrasts the role that insurance companies and Real Estate Investment Trusts play in serving the individual, industry, and property market....

The paper "Quality of Financial Disclosure & Reporting Analysis: Sing Pao Media" is an outstanding example of a Finance & Accounting case study.... There is sufficient evidence to indicate Sing Pao Media conforms to the guidelines requiring the independence of directors.... There have been, at least, three independent non-executive directors within any given financial year....

Sometimes people are tempted to answer questions like these in terms of what they think a person should do.... This is not useful here; it is more interesting to know how you actually behave.... Understanding this information can help.... ... ... u maximise the impact of your actions, recognise options for increasing job satisfaction and productivity, and explore alternative ways to achieve your goals. ...

ndorra, Bahamas, Bermuda, Hong Kong, the British Virgin Islands, Monaco, the Channel Islands, Belize, the Isle of Man, Lichtenstein, the Cayman Islands Panama, the Cook Islands, Switzerland, Mauritius, and St.... ax havens are mainly found in small countries and especially islands....