Published in IFC Review 6 June 2012 Whilst it is recognised that Mr Robert Morgenthau’s career as New York Attorney General was both long and distinguished, it had been hoped by many observers that his views of offshore financial centres
Read MorePublished in IFC Review, March 2012 It is remarkable testimony as to the failure of the public relations campaigns of the offshore jurisdictions, and the Cayman Islands in particular, that of the 313 news items from around the world published
Read MorePublished in IFC Review December 2011 With the network of Tax Information Exchange Agreements in the Cayman Islands well above the minimum OECD requirement and with that jurisdiction setting the example of proactive reporting under the European Union Savings Directive,
Read MoreIeyenews.com 9 September, 2011 “For a city without any natural resources, a non competitive immigration policy is a policy which contributes to our economic non competitiveness. This is a fight we can ill afford to lose”. This was not, as
Read MoreDecember 16, 2010 The Hon. Bernard Sanders 332 Senate Dirksen Office Building Washington, DC 20510 CC: Ben S. Bernanke, Chairman, Federal Reserve Dear Senator Sanders: In your December 6 letter to Federal Reserve Chairman Ben Bernanke, you incorrectly label the
Read MoreLondon, December 8, 2010: One of the world’s leading experts on offshore structuring has lashed out at the ignorance of UK politicians and a group of activists he calls the “Tax Taliban.” Anthony Travers, OBE, Chairman of Cayman Finance was
Read MoreThe Hon Emma Reynolds MP 92A Stafford Road, WolverhamptonWV10 6AN 11th November 2010 Dear Madam, I noticed that your question addressed to the Minister for the Overseas Territories on 9 November 2010 perpetuates a number of fundamental misconceptions concerning the
Read MorePublished: The Sunday Times June 2010 It is a source of some regret to those of us operating the highly successful and transparent financial services industry in this outpost of the Empire, and who still remember the Motherland as the
Read MoreJune 7, 2010 The Hon. Byron Dorgan 322 Hart Senate Office Building Washington, DC 20510 Dear Senator Dorgan, Recently, in the course of debate over financial regulatory reform, you made a comment about the Cayman Islands financial industry which requires
Read MoreSydney Morning Herald 2 November, 2009 Dear Sir, Your article (Future Fund enjoys tax break in Cayman Islands – October 30th) repeats an unfortunate and erroneous stereotype not assisted by the comments of your Institute of Chartered Accountants. The Cayman
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Anthony Travers, OBE, is the Chairman of the Cayman Islands Stock Exchange, former Chairman of Cayman Finance and former President of the Cayman Islands Law Society.
Having qualified at Clifford –Turner in 1975, he spent his thirty year legal career years with leading offshore law firm Maples and Calder where he served as Senior Partner and a Managing Partner for over twenty years both in Cayman and in various foreign offices that he established for the firm.