CIFSA summarizes achievements
Recently, the Cayman Islands Financial Services Association (CIFSA) reflected on its achievements since its launch 4 years ago. According to the financial body, it had made significant strides in promoting an international image of financial services industry in Cayman.
The website of this non-profit organisation, became a popular source of information on an international scale. The site is among the top 10 in the search engine Google for such terms as “Cayman finance”.
Eduardo D’Angelo Silva, CIFSA director, said that the local agency regularly receives many enquiries through the website and that CIFSA in general has become a popular entity for numerous questions regarding the financial industry – from simple information to complex regulatory and tax issues.
In accordance with CIFSA, its involvement in many key visits by important official bodies and international publications increased its value to the financial industry the last 4 years. Silva said that many international bodies are approaching CIFSA directly as a central contact point, which is a significant achievement for it.
This year CIFSA has conducted interviews with the Financial Times, the LA Times and a number of prominent industry magazines and journals as well as has negotiated sponsorships with such conferences as the OffshoreAlert Conference and Hedge Funds World LatAm 2007.