About AIMA Cayman
Our National Group in Cayman was established in 2006 and is an active association with a large membership that represents Cayman’s investment fund industry. Supporting the large concentration of offshore funds domiciled in the Cayman Islands is a distinguished group of expert service providers including administrators, attorneys, auditors, bankers and directors which comprise the Cayman national group.
News and resources
- AIMA Responds to Cayman Companies Act Amendments Bill (14 February 2024)
- Cayman Islands comes off the Financial Action Task Force grey list (30 October 2023)
- New corporate governance framework for Cayman managers and funds (18 September 2023)
- Recent Cayman Islands regulatory developments (18 September 2023)
- AIMA CEO message, AIMA Journal 132 (28 November 2022)
- Co-investment and 'club deal' vehicles: The private funds regimes in the Cayman Islands and the British Virgin Islands (28 November 2022)
- CRS and economic substance developments in the new compliance culture (20 September 2022)
- AIMA | Michael Holding Event (14 July 2022)
- The two pillars of AEOI compliance: What you need to know to be in scope (27 June 2022)
- European Commission adds the Cayman Islands to its AML blacklist (18 January 2022)
- AIMA | ACC Fund Jurisdiction Comparison Matrix (06 December 2021)
- Cayman Islands economic substance requirements for discretionary investment managers (30 November 2021)
- The investment manager regimes in the Cayman Islands and BVI (30 November 2021)
- 开曼群岛和英属维尔京群岛的投资经理制度 - The investment manager regimes in the Cayman Islands and BVI (30 November 2021)
- As the Cayman Islands expands the scope of its economic substance regime to partnerships and the CRS compliance form due date has been and gone: What does it mean for you? (20 September 2021)
- Cayman Islands Economic Substance Law (06 July 2021)
- Updates on the FATF grey listing of the Cayman Islands and Malta (06 July 2021)
- Legal risk for fund managers: A case study (30 November 2020)
- Private funds law, 2020 (30 November 2020)
- Cayman Islands introduces fines under beneficial ownership regime (23 June 2020)
- AIMA Cayman: COVID-19 Recovery Fund Press Release (21 May 2020)
- Cayman Islands require enhanced information for annual returns (24 March 2020)
- Cayman Islands amends FATCA and CRS requirements (17 March 2020)
- CEO Blog: February 2020 notes (27 February 2020)
- AIMA briefing note - Cayman Islands going onto the EU tax haven blacklist (18 February 2020)
- Cayman Islands: EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (18 February 2020)
- Cayman Islands – Fund regulation (11 February 2020)
- PE, private credit and real estate funds to be regulated in Cayman (31 January 2020)
- AIMA publishes notes on data regulation post-Brexit and the Cayman Islands’ Data Protection Law (28 January 2020)
- AIMA summary of the Cayman Islands' Data Protection Law (28 January 2020)
- Cayman Islands requires additional information for Register of Members (08 October 2019)
- Cayman Islands revised anti-money laundering regulation – One year on (27 September 2019)
- AIMA Cayman collaborates with industry (31 July 2019)
- Caymans Islands: update on Economic Substance Law (30 July 2019)
- Briefing note: The Cayman Islands Securities Investment Business Law (2019 Revision) (09 July 2019)
- AIMA Briefing note on the Cayman Islands Securities Investment Business Law (2019 revision) (08 July 2019)
- Cayman Islands: FATCA / CRS Reporting Deadline (18 June 2019)
- EU list of non-cooperative jurisdictions for tax purposes (19 March 2019)
- Cayman: Substance legislation (05 March 2019)
- Cayman government brings forward measures on company substance (11 December 2018)
- Cayman Islands regulatory developments – Is your fund compliant? (13 July 2018)
- Member update - Recent Cayman AML developments (15 June 2018)
- Cayman AEOI statutory reporting deadline (30 May 2018)
- Cayman Islands: Country-by-country reporting (CbCR) (03 April 2018)
- Cayman Islands: Automatic exchange of information (AEOI) (27 March 2018)
- The truth about offshore alternative investment funds (19 December 2017)
- AIMA updates briefing note on offshore funds (28 November 2017)
- Comparison of two fund vehicles: the Hong Kong OFC and the Cayman exempted company (25 October 2017)
- Cayman Islands - Automatic Exchange of Information (05 September 2017)
- Cayman Islands - Global Forum Peer Review Report (05 September 2017)
- Cayman and BVI: FATCA and CRS (25 July 2017)
- Launching a hedge fund in Hong Kong (12 July 2017)
- Progression in Cayman (12 July 2017)
- AEOI update (30 May 2017)
- Cayman Islands Introduces Beneficial Ownership Regime Register (16 May 2017)
- Cayman fund and manager compliance with CRS (18 April 2017)
- Cayman Islands CRS soft landing (20 March 2017)
- Cayman Islands proposes country-by-country reporting regulations (06 February 2017)
- Defining the role of philanthropy in the hedge fund sector (27 January 2017)
- Home and dry: When can investors be confident that distributions will not be clawed back? (27 January 2017)
- AIMA donates funds to Lighthouse School (20 December 2016)
- Proposed Legislation to create central beneficial ownership platform - Cayman Islands Government (12 December 2016)
- Platform for reporting beneficial owners (06 December 2016)
- Regulatory outlook for the private fund industry in 2015 (31 March 2015)
- CIMA turns the spotlight on corporate governance for regulated mutual funds (20 March 2014)
- Seven key steps to fund governance in 2014 and beyond (20 March 2014)
- Statement of Guidance for Regulated Mutual Funds - AIMA Response - CIMA (16 August 2013)
- Corporate governance - AIMA Response - Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (18 March 2013)
- Corporate governance - AIMA Response - CIMA (18 March 2013)
- Cayman's proposed new fund governance regime
Key media coverage
- Cayman Islands Journal: ‘Brexit’ and tax transparency discussed at AIMA Cayman event (11 August 2017)
- HFMWeek: Overview of Cayman Islands sector in 2017 (14 June 2017)
- Cayman Compass: Cayman Finance CEO promotes financial industry in Europe (29 November 2016)
- Financial Times: Offshore hedge funds fear being frozen out of the EU (20 November 2016)
- Financial Times: ‘Fortress Europe’ freezes Cayman Islands hedge funds out (02 August 2015)
- Cayman Financial Review: The evolving role of hedge funds in institutional investor portfolios (19 November 2013)