The low cost choice

Bermuda and the Caribbean have lower costs and less restrictive legislation than the mainstream offshore centres. However, the perceived lack of regulatory controls, an uncertain reputation and the physical distance has made investors, especially those from Europe, nervous about stretching their portfolios over the Atlantic. On closer inspection, however, many of these worries turn out to be phantoms and, for the professional investor at least, the region can offer a flexibility that more mainstream jurisdictions can find difficult to match. While the Caribbean includes centres such as Angu...