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Investments and Securities Q1 2021

The statistics show continued growth across all categories with more mutual funds year on year.

	31-Dec-19	31-Mar-20	30-Jun-20	30-Sept-20	31-Dec-20
Mutual Funds	10,857	10,505	10,709	11,691	11,896
Registered	7,612	7,392	7,535	7,855	7,972
Master	2,886	2,769	2,832	2,959	2,988
Administered	295	283	281	282	294
Licensed	64	61	61	61	59
Limited Investor Funds	-	-	39	534	583
Private Funds	-	-	1,286	12,343	12,695
Mutual Fund Administrators	81	77	76	76	76
Full	70	67	67	66	66
Restricted	10	9	8	9	9
Exempted	1	1	1	1	1
Securities and Investment Business Act (SIBA) Licensees	35	35	34	34	35
Excluded Persons Under SIBA (Now Registered Persons as of 2020)	2,198	1,213	1,495	1,614	1,650

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Cayman Funds Newsletter - Q1 2021

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Investments and Securities Q1 2021

The statistics show continued growth across all categories with more mutual funds year on year. 31-Dec-19 31-Mar-20 30-Jun-20 30-Sept-20 31-Dec-20 Mutual Funds 10,857 10,505 10,709 11,691 11,896 Registered 7,612...

New Regulations for Private Funds

Clients are advised that the Private Funds (Annual Returns) Regulations, 2021 and the Private Funds (Amendment) Regulations, 2021 are now published and are in force. The Private Funds (Annual Returns) Regulations, 2021 provide the prescribed annual return...

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