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  The key attributes of one of the best offshore jurisdictions Africa’s leading International Financial Centre (one of the best offshore jurisdictions) puts forward many key attributes that attract interest from businesses from all around the world, looking to do business especially in Africa, and optimise the value of their company. The attributes of Africa’s […]

Leading international accountancy body ACCA hosted its live online careers fairs for Mauritius on the 2nd April 2020. The Virtual Careers Fairs provided the opportunity, to ACCA students and graduates, to connect with employers who are looking for ACCA talent. The Virtual Careers Fairs deliver insights on how an ACCA student’s career may develop in […]

  Every Private Equity Fund is unique in itself when it comes to operations, and its structure differs accordingly. By devising a robust investment strategy, Fund Managers are able to mitigate business risks in order to foresee an optimistic overview on Internal Rate of Returns and impact where applicable. The concept of fund structuring is […]

  The key attributes of Africa’s leading jurisdiction for investment funds Africa’s leading International Financial Centre puts forward many key attributes that attract interest from investors and corporates, including fund managers, all around the world. These include: Most business-friendly and investment-friendly country in Africa (World Banks’s 2020 Doing Business Report); A diversified and stable economy; […]

  In general terms, valuation is the process of determining the present value of an asset or a business. Private Equity Fund valuation is essential for investors, fund managers and other stakeholders to analyse the overall and ongoing performance of a Fund. In practice, fund managers are required to carry out periodic valuation of investments, […]

  Following the implementation of necessary reforms to improve their tax good governance principles and policy framework, the Council of the European Union announced it has removed Mauritius from the list of jurisdiction considered to be acting as tax havens. The Council of the European Union, on 10th October 2019, agreed to remove Mauritius from […]

  Investor Relations in Private Equity is critical in our dynamic market environment. It acts as a catalyst for key strategic decision-making, viable communication, integrating finance and marketing between both, internal and external stakeholders of an institution.   What is Investor Relations in Private Equity? Investor Relations in Private Equity refers to the ongoing activity […]

  While the ‘Mauritius Leaks’ report – produced out of hacked unconfirmed information – negatively tries to describe Mauritius as a “tiny Indian Ocean tax haven” that apparently assists multinational companies to avoid paying taxes in Africa, it also points out that the jurisdiction has not been used to conduct any illegal activities. The ‘Mauritius […]

What is a Protected Cell Company? A Protected Cell Company (PCC) is a Special Purpose Vehicle that authorises the lawful separation of assets owned by each cell of the company. A PCC is a corporate structure, limited by shares, which consists of a core (“non-cellular”) and an indefinite number of cells (“cellular”). In this structure, […]

What are Digital Assets? As its name suggests, and contrary to traditional assets, digital assets exist solely in digital form and are secured by private keys controlling them. In the context of the Financial Services (Custodian services (digital asset)) Rules 2019, Digital Asset are defined as: any token, in electronic or binary form, which represents […]