The British Virgin Islands: Article archive
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Island cruising: yachting through the British Virgin Islands
Sean DrakesThe British Virgin Islands offer many sea splendors, but the RMS Rhone, a British mail ship that sank off Salt Island during a storm in 1867, is a renowned dive site. The annual Black Boaters Summit (www.honeyletstravel.com) convenes for a week in August to frolic and foster camaraderie among sailors. Each Easter, boaters seize the...
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British Virgin Islands establishes new presence on the World Wide Web; Web site allows fast, easy access to financial services information
TORTOLA, British Virgin Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--April 11, 1996--The Financial Services Department of the British Virgin Islands (BVI) government has established a new site on the Internet's World Wide Web.The web site will provide fast, easy access to updated information on the financial service offerings and business environment that set the...
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The Attraction of the British Virgin Islands -'BVI'- for Trust Advisors is Linked to Its Pre-Eminence as a Leading of Corporate Domicile
DUBLIN, Ireland -- Research and Markets: the Trident Guide to British Virgin Islands TrustsResearch and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com) has announced the addition of The Trident Guide to British Virgin Islands Trusts to their offering.International tax and estate planning has become an essential requirement for many high net-worth...
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Cell growth in paradise: the Cayman Islands, already a haven for tax-free growth, also finds it has a soft spot for segregated portfolio cell companies
Roger CrombieThe tendency to think of all offshore jurisdictions as alike should be avoided. No two of the half-dozen leading jurisdictions appeal to the same investors, offer quite the same legislation, or have developed their markets in the same way. Where Bermuda, for instance, has attracted physical presence companies, the Cayman Islands has...
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Large Increase in Number of New Captives Licensed On the British Virgin Islands
Business EditorsTORTOLA, British Virgin Islands--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Feb. 29, 2000The British Virgin Islands Financial Services Department has announced that 50 new pure captives and six new credit life reinsurance captives were licensed during 1999.This is a substantial increase on licenses previously issued and indicates growing interest in the...
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