The last 12 months has been marked by legislative and regulatory change in the Cayman Islands with long-lasting effects on the fund industry. From strengthening anti-money laundering, terrorist and proliferation… Read More
Over 80 fund managers and service providers attended the Mainstream Breakfast Session at Sydney's Establishment Ballroom on 10 September 2019 to hear a panel discussion on “Demystifying Cayman Funds”. Mainstream’s… Read More
High minimum fees for custody services have long disadvantaged start-up and boutique fund managers. With Mainstream Fund Services' latest move into the custody market, we believe every Australian fund manager can benefit. Read More
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) continue to be one of the fastest-growing segments of the financial services industry. Here are five figures which show just how big ETFs are. Read More
The Cayman Islands Monetary Authority has released a set of FAQs targeting Cayman-domiciled funds (regulated and un-regulated) and the requirements under the Anti-Money Laundering Regulations (“AMLRegs”) and the requirement to appoint a MLRO, DMLRO and AMLCO. Read More
Whilst superannuation received some attention, the promise of personal income tax cuts was a major focus in this year’s Federal Budget. The Budget did not contain any changes to the… Read More
The Notifiable Data Breaches (NDB) scheme commenced in Australia on 22 February 2018. What is the NDBS? The NDB scheme requires organisations covered by the Australian Privacy Act 1988 (Privacy… Read More
The Attribution Managed Investment Trust (AMIT) legislation was passed into law in May 2016 and the new regime can now be adopted by qualifying managed investment trusts. Mainstream has previously… Read More
On Thursday February 1, 2018, Mainstream Fund Services, CohnReznick, Lippes Mathias, and HedgePort co-hosted an evening of discussion with private equity, venture capital, and hedge fund managers in New York… Read More
The Common Reporting Standard (CRS) is the single global standard for the collection, reporting and exchange of financial account information on foreign tax residents. Under CRS, Financial Institutions (FIs) need… Read More
