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...A British overseas territory of 30,000 people in the eastern Caribbean, the BVI is a tax haven favoured by more than 370,000 shell companies holding more than $1.5tn in assets for individuals and corporations...
...The 45-room estate was bought in 1982 by the Yunak Corporation — a company registered in Curaçao, an island in the Dutch Antilles and a tax haven at the time — run by the late Lebanese prime minister and...
...The easy process of setting up a BVI company, along with guaranteed privacy, has long made it popular with wealthy individuals and large corporations looking to shelter assets....
...Although the BVI’s corporations control huge amounts of international wealth, very little of that money ever reaches the capital Road Town....
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...that stock-specific issues were often another concern, given patchy corporate governance and high valuations, but said there were still some opportunities in stocks such as Housing Development Finance Corporation...
...Finally, the BVI company granted the two men power of attorney over its affairs....
...CargoMetrics, Numerai and Mr Tudor Jones’ $10bn Tudor Investment Corporation all declined to comment....
...Canton Business Corporation, meanwhile, is alleged to be the primary shell company through which Vinnik operated....
...Smart Reads More HNA Group mystery Despite the Chinese group's effort to be more transparent about its business dealings and ownership structure, its relationship with Pacific American Corporation, a New...
...Spain and BVI have not signed a tax treaty so payments by a Spanish company to BVI would be subject to normal and full rate of Spanish WHT which is 24 per cent....
...“There has been an increased use of the BVI by leading corporations wanting to utilise our legitimate and internationally recognised financing arrangements while a small flow the other way has occurred as...
...For the past 32 years, Mr Hirai has lived out his dream of working in music and gaming at Sony Corporation in Japan....
...The state-owned China Road and Bridge Corporation, funded through an Ex-Im Bank loan, upgraded the Dushanbe-Khujand-Chanak road in Tajikistan....
...Smartflash describes itself as an “innovative technology development and licensing corporation” with “foundational” patents in data storage and access systems....
...The trail leads to the British Virgin Islands (BVI), where Safran is registered. Under BVI law, the identity of Safran’s owners is secret....
...The firm’s flagship BVI Global fund has delivered an 8.5 per cent return for its investors so far this year, breaking out of a two-year run of mediocre returns....
...You’ve heard of companies registering subsidiaries in ultra-low tax havens such as the Caymans and the BVI....
...Alexander is a modified Samsung Nexus S using Google’s Android operating system, while Graham and Bell are based on an HTC Nexus One Android phone....
...(Financial Times) HTC profit slumps as competition intensifies: “HTC net profit fell for the fifth consecutive quarter to its lowest level since 2006, and analysts expect the first quarter to remain challenging...
...Among the shareholders wiped out in the restructure was HTC, the Taiwanese smartphone company. Last year, HTC had invested $40m in OnLive to expand its access to mobile gaming technology....
...Buying guide Pros Very friendly people and virtually no crime No capital gains tax, inheritance tax or corporation tax Property is built to hurricane and earthquake standards Cons Getting there is...
...British MP Eric Joyce released a dossier arguing Congo had lost $5.5bn by selling off assets on the cheap, mostly to BVI-registered companies “cloaked in anonymity”....
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