Cayman Finance has three classes of members, each with differing voting rights, benefits and payment obligations. The three designations are: Ordinary, Associate and Honourary.
An individual may only be an Ordinary Member or an Associate Member if that individual operates as a firm or entity, such a sole trader, and otherwise qualifies according to conditions in Cayman Finance’s Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association. An individual may not be an Honorary Member.
Professional firms, however constituted, established under the laws of, or carrying on their activities within, the Islands, including legal and accountancy firms; Entities licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority; and related financial-services entities established under the laws of, or carrying on their activities within, the Cayman Islands.
Aon Insurance Managers (Cayman) Ltd. is a leading Insurance Manager providing services to over 90 Class B insurance companies in the Cayman Islands. Aon Risk Solutions (Cayman) Ltd. is a leading insurance broker offering Cayman residents access to Aon’s global resources, delivered through a friendly, knowledgeable staff of local insurance specialists.
Appleby is one of the world’s leading international law firms. Our global teams of legal specialists advise public and private companies, financial institutions and private individuals.
Through Appleby Global Services, we offer a range of administration, reporting and fiduciary services focused on corporate structures.
Aureum Re specializes in the reinsurance of fixed annuities, variable annuities, and supplemental contracts issued by U.S. domiciled insurance companies. It offers compelling and flexible reinsurance products to help its clients reduce their risk and ultimately create a more stable, stronger financial company for its policyholders.
Bank of China is the Bank with the longest continuous operation among Chinese banks. As Chinas most globalised and integrated bank, Bank of China has a well-established global service network with institutions set up across the Chinese mainland as well as in 57 countries and regions. Bank of China Grand Cayman Branch started operations in 1982.
BDO is the world’s 5th largest accounting network firm with global revenues in excess of US$10 billion. The Cayman firm offers a full suite of services including audit, US tax, advisory and insolvency. Experienced with mutual and private funds, captive insurance, data privacy, AML, digital assets and restructuring.
We are an award-winning law firm with expertise in BVI, Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey law and the agility to drive success for our clients in a fast moving world. We provide legal advice shaped around the needs of corporate and private clients, financial institutions and intermediaries worldwide.
Bell Rock is a leading provider of Cayman fund and corporate services including fund formation and structuring, legal entity formation, fund governance (provision of independent directors), compliance and regulatory support services, registered office and economic substance.
Brown Brothers Harriman (BBH) is a privately-held financial institution that has been a thought leader and solutions provider for over 200 years. We serve the most sophisticated individuals and institutions with expertise in Private Banking, Investment Management and Investor Services. Our 5,000 employees operate from 17 locations throughout North America, Europe and Asia
For over 50 years, Butterfield has been growing with Cayman and offers a full range of community banking services encompassing Personal Banking, Private Banking, Business & Corporate Banking, Asset Management and Trust Service.
Campbells is a leading offshore firm with 50 years of experience advising on Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. Campbells provides comprehensive corporate and litigation services to clients worldwide from our offices in Cayman, BVI and Hong Kong.
Carey Olsen is a leading offshore law firm. We advise clients on the laws of Bermuda, the British Virgin Islands, the Cayman Islands, Guernsey and Jersey from a network of nine international offices. Our Cayman Islands legal specialists advise international and local clients across corporate, finance, investment funds, insolvency, dispute resolution, trusts, property and business licensing law.
Carne makes operations simpler for organisations right across the asset management industry. Expertise in the areas of risk and compliance, due diligence and oversight, distribution and governance come together on a single platform to radically alter the ease and effectiveness with which our clients are able to function. From boutique managers through to global financial giants, we offer Unity through simplicity™: everything in one place for total control.
Catalyst is a technology focused financial services organisation set on creating a spark in an increasingly one-dimensional industry. Combining always-on digital automation with a niche level of hands-on service which provides clients access to real-time data, as and when they need it. Most importantly, we have a problem-solving attitude that ripples from the inside out.
With a history of 40 years in the Cayman Islands, Cayman Management offers a wealth of expertise combined with an extensive range of company management and personal services. Services provided extend from corporate governance at a multi-national level through to the registration and management of private companies in Cayman and other jurisdictions.
Circumference FS is a leading provider of professional and fiduciary services for major institutional and private clients.
Entities established under the laws of, or carrying on their activities within, the Islands that are not otherwise eligible to become Ordinary Members or Honorary Members. Entities that are not residents of the Islands.
We don’t follow industry standards. We define them. Baraud is recognized as the gold standard in recruitment and immigration consultancy across the Cayman Islands. Our history as a family-owned company provides us with a deep sense of community and purpose – one that is aimed at connecting the right people to the right career opportunities enabling employers and employees to realize their full potential.
Our vision of the future is a world that’s trustworthy and fair by design. We believe in empowering creators and communities through strategic capital allocation and pioneering business ventures. We invest in founders and projects with bold ideas across industries and geographies, at every stage from inception to IPO and beyond, helping them maximize the potential of their innovative ideas and businesses.
Blueprint Communications is a US-based strategic communications firm with decades of collective experience assisting clients in Cayman and around the world. Blueprint works with leading corporations, firms and industry associations to: design and execute strategic communications plans and messaging; manage international media relations; and incorporate video content, advertising and digital media into comprehensive communications efforts.
In business since 1997, CNS is a Cayman owned and operated IT consulting and IT services company.
We have a local cloud computing platform for offsite data backup and application hosting, and we offer outsourced IT support to local businesses of all sizes. This includes cyber security auditing and consulting, end user helpdesk, all manner of IT managed services, and 100% locally based senior IT consultants ready to assist you.
Offering more nonstop flights to the Cayman Islands than any other airline, Cayman Airways is the official flag carrier airline of the Cayman Islands. With its head office in Grand Cayman, it operates mainly as an international and domestic scheduled passenger carrier, serving 10 destinations overall.
CML is built on a perfect mix of experience, expertise and professionalism. At it’s founding in 2004, CML set out to become a different kind of recruitment firm. One run by professionals, for professionals. Since then, CML has grown to become the trusted recruitment and immigration services partner to many of the Cayman Islands’ best known professional, legal and IT firms. Our mission is to help clients build great teams and to help candidates build great careers. CML is the only company to have been recognised by the Cayman Islands Society of HR Professionals as a Top Employer every year since 2009.
DMS Broadcasting, the most powerful name in media, provides the absolute best choices for music, entertainment, news and events to more audience than any other media company in the Cayman Islands. Our engaged, diverse and growing listener base enables us to offer clients a breadth of effective marketing solutions to targeted audiences using a wide selection of popular formats. We are committed to high quality, technologically advanced, fairly-priced services that meet client’s needs.
At Engel & Völkers Cayman Islands, our passion is to exceed our client’s and customers’ expectations. We have a vast portfolio of waterfront homes, oceanfront condos, pre-construction condos, investment properties, and house lots. Our team of 15 full-time advisors – with over 200 years of combined real estate – will guide you through your home journey with precise knowledge, wisdom and care.
Since 2001, File-Safe has been revolutionising the secure local document storage industry through global records management processes integrated with the industry’s leading software. Together, sister companies File-Safe and Cay-Shred are the trusted data management and destruction solution providers to Cayman’s leading businesses. In 2022 File-Safe moved into a new, state-of-the art storage facility meeting the highest highest standards in international security and compliance.
As a full-service agency we use the latest technology, candidate attraction techniques and candidate testing, to provide recruitment solutions in the offshore jobs market for our clients and candidates. We take pride in our personalised approach to finding the best jobs available and work hard to maintain and build upon relationships with clients and provide career building advice to candidates.
IRG is a Cayman Islands real estate company that was established by Jeremy Hurst in 1994. IRG is a proud member of “Leading Real Estate Companies of the World”, as well as CIREBA and is also the only Cayman Islands real estate agency who is a member of “Luxury Portfolio International”.
The Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI) is recognised as a leading maritime administration, providing exceptional service to the global shipping community. MACI is wholly owned by the Cayman Islands Government and as such MACI discharges, on behalf of the government, the range of responsibilities and services normally associated with such a maritime administration.
Professional associations that are located in the Islands and that represent professionals or organisations that are also located in the Islands; or are licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that are also located in the Islands.
100 Women in Finance is a global network of professionals in the finance and alternative investment industries working together to empower women at every stage of their careers. Through peer engagement, philanthropic, and educational initiatives, nearly 20,000 registered members are making connections and creating opportunities that help to advance careers and strengthen our field.
CAIA is the global professional body dedicated to alternative investments, seeking greater alignment, transparency, and knowledge for all investors. CAIA are a member-driven organisation representing professionals in more than 95 countries, and advocating for the industry through events, publications, and credential programs.
The CFA Society Cayman Islands is an association of Cayman Islands investment professionals. Consisting of portfolio managers, security analysts, investment advisors, and other financial professionals. The CFA Society works to further the public’s understanding of the CFA designation and investment industry.
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland is the qualifying and membership body for governance with over 130 years’ experience of educating and supporting governance professionals. The CGI assures world class standards of governance by setting the international qualifying standard as the only chartered professional body dedicated to supporting governance professionals.
The Cayman Islands Bankers’ Association (CIBA) was formed in 1979 and is one of the islands’ oldest associations. Our membership comprises the majority of registered and regulated Cayman Islands banks and trust companies and is open to all relevant licensed institutions.
The Cayman Islands Compliance Association seeks to raise the level of compliance in the financial services industry and provides members with the information to assist with the implementation and maintenance of effective compliance and anti-money laundering programmes; and provides a forum for discussion of new legislation or required best practice relevant to the Cayman Islands financial services industry.
The Cayman Islands Directors Association is a self regulating association of Cayman Islands resident directors. Each member is an employee of a Cayman Islands financial services company licensed and regulated by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority or is an individual whose membership has been sponsored by at least two such members.
Our members are fund administrators based in the Cayman Islands. We promote the expertise of our members both locally and internationally. We work on behalf of our members by liaising with all fund industry stakeholders both at home and abroad to enable our clients to secure the best service possible.
The Cayman Islands Insurance Association brings together the various associations representing the insurance industry in the Cayman Islands. The intention is to create a single body that can respond to and advise the public on insurance issues and to have a single voice in discussions with the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority, who regulate the insurance industry.
The Cayman Islands Institute of Professional Accountants (CIIPA) serves to protect the public interest through regulation, education, and engagement. As a non-profit, self-regulatory body, CIIPA promotes the highest standards of professional and ethical conduct. CIIPA is responsible for registering public practice and accounting firms, providing quality assurance and AML/CFT oversight.
The Cayman Islands Legal Practitioners Association (CILPA) is the industry body and supervisory authority for Cayman Islands attorneys-at-law. CILPA’s Constitution sets out its membership, election processes and meeting procedures. CILPA is governed and managed by an elected Council comprising the President, one Treasurer, one Secretary and four other Council members.
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Reinsurance Companies
Association is the industry group for commercial reinsurers located in the Cayman Islands, dedicated to fostering the industry through peer interaction, advocacy and education on topics impacting the regulatory and business environment.
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Cayman Finance has three classes of members, each with differing voting rights, benefits and payment obligations.
The three designations are: Ordinary, Associate and Honourary.
An individual may only be an Ordinary Member or an Associate Member if that individual operates as a firm or entity, such a sole trader, and otherwise qualifies according to conditions in Cayman Finance’s Amended and Restated Memorandum of Association.
An individual may not be an Honorary Member.
Professional firms, however constituted, established under the laws of, or carrying on their activities within, the Islands, including legal and accountancy firms; Entities licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority; and related financial-services entities established under the laws of, or carrying on their activities within, the Cayman Islands.
Aon Insurance Managers (Cayman) Ltd. is a leading Insurance Manager providing services to over 90 Class B insurance companies in the Cayman Islands. Aon Risk Solutions (Cayman) Ltd. is a leading insurance broker offering Cayman residents access to Aon’s global resources, delivered through a friendly, knowledgeable staff of local insurance specialists.
Appleby is one of the world’s leading international law firms. Our global teams of legal specialists advise public and private companies, financial institutions and private individuals.
Through Appleby Global Services, we offer a range of administration, reporting and fiduciary services focused on corporate structures.
Aureum Re specializes in the reinsurance of fixed annuities, variable annuities, and supplemental contracts issued by U.S. domiciled insurance companies. It offers compelling and flexible reinsurance products to help its clients reduce their risk and ultimately create a more stable, stronger financial company for its policyholders.
Bank of China is the Bank with the longest continuous operation among Chinese banks. As Chinas most globalised and integrated bank, Bank of China has a well-established global service network with institutions set up across the Chinese mainland as well as in 57 countries and regions. Bank of China Grand Cayman Branch started operations in 1982.
Entities established under the laws of, or carrying on their activities within, the Islands that are not otherwise eligible to become Ordinary Members or Honorary Members. Entities that are not residents of the Islands.
We don’t follow industry standards. We define them. Baraud is recognized as the gold standard in recruitment and immigration consultancy across the Cayman Islands. Our history as a family-owned company provides us with a deep sense of community and purpose – one that is aimed at connecting the right people to the right career opportunities enabling employers and employees to realize their full potential.
Our vision of the future is a world that’s trustworthy and fair by design. We believe in empowering creators and communities through strategic capital allocation and pioneering business ventures. We invest in founders and projects with bold ideas across industries and geographies, at every stage from inception to IPO and beyond, helping them maximize the potential of their innovative ideas and businesses.
Blueprint Communications is a US-based strategic communications firm with decades of collective experience assisting clients in Cayman and around the world. Blueprint works with leading corporations, firms and industry associations to: design and execute strategic communications plans and messaging; manage international media relations; and incorporate video content, advertising and digital media into comprehensive communications efforts.
In business since 1997, CNS is a Cayman owned and operated IT consulting and IT services company.
We have a local cloud computing platform for offsite data backup and application hosting, and we offer outsourced IT support to local businesses of all sizes. This includes cyber security auditing and consulting, end user helpdesk, all manner of IT managed services, and 100% locally based senior IT consultants ready to assist you.
Offering more nonstop flights to the Cayman Islands than any other airline, Cayman Airways is the official flag carrier airline of the Cayman Islands. With its head office in Grand Cayman, it operates mainly as an international and domestic scheduled passenger carrier, serving 10 destinations overall.
CML is built on a perfect mix of experience, expertise and professionalism. At it’s founding in 2004, CML set out to become a different kind of recruitment firm. One run by professionals, for professionals. Since then, CML has grown to become the trusted recruitment and immigration services partner to many of the Cayman Islands’ best known professional, legal and IT firms. Our mission is to help clients build great teams and to help candidates build great careers. CML is the only company to have been recognised by the Cayman Islands Society of HR Professionals as a Top Employer every year since 2009.
DMS Broadcasting, the most powerful name in media, provides the absolute best choices for music, entertainment, news and events to more audience than any other media company in the Cayman Islands. Our engaged, diverse and growing listener base enables us to offer clients a breadth of effective marketing solutions to targeted audiences using a wide selection of popular formats. We are committed to high quality, technologically advanced, fairly-priced services that meet client’s needs.
At Engel & Völkers Cayman Islands, our passion is to exceed our client’s and customers’ expectations. We have a vast portfolio of waterfront homes, oceanfront condos, pre-construction condos, investment properties, and house lots. Our team of 15 full-time advisors – with over 200 years of combined real estate – will guide you through your home journey with precise knowledge, wisdom and care.
Since 2001, File-Safe has been revolutionising the secure local document storage industry through global records management processes integrated with the industry’s leading software. Together, sister companies File-Safe and Cay-Shred are the trusted data management and destruction solution providers to Cayman’s leading businesses. In 2022 File-Safe moved into a new, state-of-the art storage facility meeting the highest highest standards in international security and compliance.
As a full-service agency we use the latest technology, candidate attraction techniques and candidate testing, to provide recruitment solutions in the offshore jobs market for our clients and candidates. We take pride in our personalised approach to finding the best jobs available and work hard to maintain and build upon relationships with clients and provide career building advice to candidates.
IRG is a Cayman Islands real estate company that was established by Jeremy Hurst in 1994. IRG is a proud member of “Leading Real Estate Companies of the World”, as well as CIREBA and is also the only Cayman Islands real estate agency who is a member of “Luxury Portfolio International”.
The Maritime Authority of the Cayman Islands (MACI) is recognised as a leading maritime administration, providing exceptional service to the global shipping community. MACI is wholly owned by the Cayman Islands Government and as such MACI discharges, on behalf of the government, the range of responsibilities and services normally associated with such a maritime administration.
Professional associations that are located in the Islands and that represent professionals or organisations that are also located in the Islands; or are licensed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority that are also located in the Islands.
100 Women in Finance is a global network of professionals in the finance and alternative investment industries working together to empower women at every stage of their careers. Through peer engagement, philanthropic, and educational initiatives, nearly 20,000 registered members are making connections and creating opportunities that help to advance careers and strengthen our field.
CAIA is the global professional body dedicated to alternative investments, seeking greater alignment, transparency, and knowledge for all investors. CAIA are a member-driven organisation representing professionals in more than 95 countries, and advocating for the industry through events, publications, and credential programs.
The CFA Society Cayman Islands is an association of Cayman Islands investment professionals. Consisting of portfolio managers, security analysts, investment advisors, and other financial professionals. The CFA Society works to further the public’s understanding of the CFA designation and investment industry.
The Chartered Governance Institute UK & Ireland is the qualifying and membership body for governance with over 130 years’ experience of educating and supporting governance professionals. The CGI assures world class standards of governance by setting the international qualifying standard as the only chartered professional body dedicated to supporting governance professionals.
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