A Legacy of Leadership in International Banking
Serving the World's Mutual Fund Markets
A Leader in Captive Insurance
A Category 1 British Registry
A Comprehensive Offering
Maximising Wealth and Investment
Leveraging Corporate Assets
Welcome to the financial services industry Web site of the Portfolio of Finance & Economics, Cayman Islands Government. This site provides information on all aspects of the Cayman Islands financial services industry, including business sectors, facts about the Cayman Islands, key contacts and information about professional organisations.
Since the 1960s, the Cayman Islands has successfully invested its "historic capital" – English common law and tax neutrality (both dating back to the time of the first settlement in the 1700s) - in the development of its thriving financial services sector. More than forty years later, the Cayman Islands is recognised as a sophisticated, experienced and diverse financial centre. Over the past 15 years in particular, the Cayman Islands has focussed on two main objectives: building world-class specialisation in institutional business to complement private client offerings and developing strong international cooperation arrangements with the U.S. and other countries.
Today, the Cayman Islands financial services industry encompasses banking, mutual funds, captive insurance, vessel registration, companies and partnerships, trusts, structured finance and the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange.
Year in Review 2007