Por qué las Islas Cayman son Islands of opportunity?

Por que han diversificado su economía. Por un lado son un centro financiero global y por otro una industria turística.

A global financial center

An entirely separate tourism industry

The Business Statistics

Worlds 5th largest banking centre

Nearly 300 banks

….. US$ 1.5 Trillion in banking liabilities 

More than 93,000 Companies registered in Cayman

  ……800 Insurers

  ……10,000 mutual funds

The worlds leading offshore hedge fund jurisdiction in 2012.

Pequeña historia reciente:

60’s & 70’s

….Transfer of wealth to Cayman from recently independent Caribbean states

80’ & 90’s

….Built professional financial services sector based on Tax free status

00’s

….Became a leading global offshore financial center

Key to its success was the partnership between Government and private sector in creating a legal and administrative structure which enabled Cayman to become one of the worlds leading off-shore financial centres

The population is only 57,000 with a high % of professional foreign nationals.

Y reciben 2.000.000 de turistas anuales. No está mal.