Crystal Concise: September 2022

Our regular snapshot from the Crystal team of some of the highlights and points of note for finance and corporate comms pros from around the jurisdictions this past month…

Cayman: there’s a new man in charge at Cayman Finance, as Steve McIntosh took on the role of CEO

Luxembourg: Luxembourg opened a new embassy in Ireland as a sign of strengthened ties between the two competitor funds jurisdiction

Guernsey: the jurisdiction launched a new natural capital fund regime and a report looking at the transition to net zero as part of its sustainable finance week

Jersey: Jersey’s government published a strategy for combatting financial crime

Tax: Pascal Saint-Amans announced he would be leaving his position as director of the Centre for Tax Policy at the OECD at the end of October, after 15 years at the organisation

Social Media: Twitter launched a new guide for businesses and professionals, whilst Meta announced plans for its Meta Connect Conference on 11th October, which it hopes will help shed some light on what the metaverse is all about

Media: Fund data publisher Preqin announced it was revamping its newsletters, stopping its regular monthly Spotlight publication, which has been in place for 2 decades, and introducing a new more regular Preqin First Close newsletter