Bahamas: Offshore Financial Centres

Are individual shareholders ‘transferors' for the purposes of the UK's transfer of assets abroad regime?

RECENT SECURITIES LEGISLATION establishing a sophisticated investment fund vehicle called an Investment Condominium ("ICON") under Bahamian law, is an example of The Bahamas’ enduring commitment to financial services, one extending as far back as the 1930’s.

The EU Savings Directive ("EUSD") which subjects savings income in the form of interest payments made in one Member State to beneficial owners who are individuals resident for tax purposes in another Member State to effective taxation in accordance with the laws of the latter Member State was implemented on July 1, 2005.