Lockton NZ - Providing Solutions to Insurance Needs through Cook Islands Companies
With the world becoming progressively interconnected and international trade becoming the norm, the global risk landscape is expanding....
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A New Initiative In Trust Law - International Relationship Property Trust
The Cook Islands is leading the way with innovative new trust product. A novel way for couples to manage their assets in the event that...
Cook Islands Finance Launch Exciting New Trust Product
Cook Islands Finance proudly launched the 'International Relationship Property Trust' on Wednesday 15 December. Watch the live replay of...
Cook Islands Financial Services Industry – Meeting International Standards
Negative comments on the Cook Islands as an international financial jurisdiction have been made in the media recently in relation to...
Tax Update - Cook Islands International Companies
In 2020 the Cook Islands Government continued working closely with the Cook Islands financial service industry on its strategy for...
A Fresh Perspective
We are pleased to announce that the FSDA Executive Board Members have appointed Marie Francis as the Chief Executive Officer. Marie’s...
Covid-19 ‘game Changer’ for financial sector
Employing young Cook Islanders and passing on knowledge and expertise should be a priority for service providers at the Financial...
Metis Global Limited gains Excellence award for two consecutive years
Metis Global Limited in Hong Kong has received the ‘Excellence Award of Trustee Service” granted by Bloomberg Business Week for the...
PTC's and the Cook Islands Solution
Cook Islands Finance CEO Alan Taylor has had an article published in the July edition of the Asia Business Law Journal titled “The Cook...
FSDA Strategic Plan - Industry Discussion
On 7 August 2020 Cook Islands Finance hosted a meeting for all Cook Islands financial industry service providers to discuss its recently...
CEO Insight Interview with Tamatoa Jonassen, CEO, Cook Islands FSDA
published by CEO Insight Magazine (May 2017). Available here.*
World-Leading and Compliant
2018 November: The latest edition of CEO Insight magazine published this month features an article titled “World-Leading and Compliant”...
Cook Islands Passes Captive Insurance Act
As part of its long term strategy to grow the international financial services industry through new services and new client markets, the...
2014 Trustee Companies Act Release
The Cook Islands Parliament passed the Trustee Companies Act 2014 which will improve the Financial Supervisory Commission's ability to...
Cook Islands' Global Forum Phase 2 Peer Review Press Release
A positive Phase 2 Peer Review reinforces the strength of the Cook Islands' regulatory environment and commitment to meeting its...
Order Designating Foreign Governments
2015 Sept:The Financial Institution (Provision of Customer Information) Act 2013 ("Act") passed in 2013 was designed to remove...
Global Island News Interview
2015 Sept: Tamatoa Jonassen, CEO of the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority was recently interviewed by Global Island...
Signing of TIEA between the Cook Islands and the Kingdom of Belgium
2015 Sept: The Cook Islands signed its 21st Tax Information Exchange Agreement (“TIEA”) with the Kingdom of Belgium in Brussels on 21...
China Offshore
2015 November: The FSDA attended the China Offshore Summit in Shanghai in November. The publication China Offshore Trust and Foundation...
Captive Insurance Times
2016 March: Tamatoa Jonassen, CEO of the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority was interviewed by Captive Insurance Times...
Global Island News Article
2016 May: Tamatoa Jonassen, CEO of the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority was recently featured by Global Island News...
Panama Papers
2016 May: In response to media purporting to connect the Panama Papers to the Cook Islands, National Business Review requested an...
Commonwealth International Tax Roundtable
2016 June: The FSDA attended a Roundtable hosted by the Commonwealth Secretariat in London. The Cook Islands maintains a keen interest in...
The New Zealand Government Inquiry into Foreign Trust Disclosure Rules is Released
2016 July: The New Zealand Government Inquiry into Foreign Trust Disclosure Rules was released on the 27 June 2016. Following the leak of...
The OECD's Global Tax Transparency Forum Phase 2 Peer Review Process Continues
2016 July: The OECD’s Global Tax Transparency Forum Phase 2 peer review process continues with Switzerland, the world’s largest financial...
Capital Security Bank in the Cook Islands first for safety of deposits
2016 August: Following the UK vote to leave the European Union, and with the fallout from the Global Financial Crisis of 2008 still fresh...
Italy Publishes the New White List for Tax Purposes
2016 August: On 22 August 2016 the Italian Government added 51 new jurisdictions to the list of jurisdictions that it considers allow an...
The Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility
2016 September: In June of this year the Cook Islands passed the Pacific Catastrophe Risk Insurance Facility Act 2016 (the “Act”). The...
Family Wealth Transfer
2016 October: According to the recently published Wealth X 2016 report on Family Wealth Transfer (the “Report”), the world’s “ultra...
FATF Gives Guidance on Correspondent Banking Services
2016 October: In response to concerns of global leaders, including the G20, about a need for further clarification of regulatory...
The Cook Islands signs the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matter
2016 November: On 28 October 2016 Andrew Haigh, of the Revenue Management Division of the Cook Islands Ministry of Finance and Economic...
Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act
Cook Islands financial institutions have commenced providing information to the US IRS in regards to US account holders. The Foreign...
Tax Information Exchange Agreements
The Cook Islands has entered into 21 bi-lateral Tax Information Exchange Agreements (“TIEAs”). TIEAs are based on an OECD model and are...
Income Tax Amendment Act 201
The Income Tax (Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information and Other Matters) Amendment Act 2016 (the “Amendment”) was passed...
The Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement
The Cook Islands signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial Account Information (“MCAA”) in...
Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance on Tax Matters
The Cook Islands signed the Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance on Tax Matters (the “Convention”) on 28 October...
The Cook Islands - Meeting International Regulatory Standards
2016 November: The Cook Islands is complying with its international obligations in relation to anti money laundering and the countering...
The Cook Islands unwavering in its commitment
2016 December: In October 2015 the Cook Islands signed the Multilateral Competent Authority Agreement on Automatic Exchange of Financial...
Wealth Management: The Cook Islands Solution
2017 January: Alan Taylor, Marketing Director of the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority, has had his article entitled...
Captive in a World of Uncertainty
2017 February: Tamatoa Jonassen, CEO of the Cook Islands Financial Services Development Authority, has had his article entitled "Captive...
The Cook Islands Review
2017 March: The Financial Services Development Authority has produced its Summer 2017 issue of the Cook Islands Review. The Cook Islands...
Now Available - Fact sheets on Cook Islands Financial Services and Products
2017 March: The Financial Services Development Authority has produced the first of its Fact Sheets highlighting services, products and...
CEO Insight Interview with Tamatoa Jonassen
2017 March: In an Interview with Henry Martin in the Spring 2017 edition of CEO Insight magazine, Tamatoa Jonassen, CEO for Cook Islands...
Metis Global Wealth Planning Conferences in China
2017 May: In a series of conferences held in four major cities in China hosted by Metis Global Limited, a trustee company licensed in the...