Business Bermuda is an organization of Bermuda companies who provide professional services to international business clients. Bermuda presents a unique opportunity to support the creation and development of Islamic financial products including retakaful, Shariah-compliant funds and sukuk. Bermuda is well positioned to emerge as an Islamic funds hub in the western hemisphere.
Service Directory
Business Bermuda
Offshore Centers
Bermuda: Cheryl Packwood, CEO
+1 441 292 0632
Maples & Calder
Legal Services
Tahir Jawed, Partner
+971 4 360 4070
Maples and Calder was the first offshore law firm to open in Dubai in 2005. Since then, our office has grown in tandem with Dubai itself. At the heart of economic development in the United Arab Emirates and throughout the region, Dubai offers experienced regulators and a sophisticated business infrastructure. Maples and Calder Dubai is regulated by the Dubai Financial Services Authority and practises Cayman Islands and British Virgin Islands law. It does not practise Dubai law.
SICO Funds Services Co.
Accounting/Audit Services
Amal Al Nasser
+973 1751 6060
Known as SFS, we are a leading regional provider of integrated custodial services, fund administration and Registrar Solutions , with a proven track record of over ten years. SFS is a wholly owned subsidiary of SICO*, and is licensed from the Central Bank of Bahrain and the Ministry of Industry and Commerce.
*Securities & Investment Company (SICO) a leading regional provider of investment banking services, including asset management, corporate finance, brokerage and market making.
Sanne Group
Fund Administration
Zena Couppey
+971 50 3976049
Sanne Group offers bespoke fund administration services through an international network of regulated offices. We provide focused, efficient and proactive services delivered by experienced professionals and asset specialists. Our Dubai team has an excellent understanding of the service requirements of the diverse and professional customer base within the region.
Jersey - Peter Rioda, peter.rioda@sannegroup.com +44 (0)1534 722787
Luxembourg - Peter Dickinson, peter.dickinson@sannegroup.com +352 43 89 89 249
Standard & Poor’s Fund Services
Fund Ratings
Asad Malik-Saeed
+44 (0)20 7176 8477
Standard & Poor’s Fund Services is recognised internationally as a leading source of qualitative research into mutual funds, providing forward-looking opinion on over 1,100 funds. Our fund research covers a number of global and country sectors, including the GCC, across equity, fixed income, absolute return, funds of hedge funds and index funds. In addition we cover a range of recently launched funds and ‘specialist’ funds including commodities, infrastructure and Shariah funds.
Maples Fund Services (Middle East) Limited
Fund Administration
James Martinson, Senior Vice President
+971 4 511 4200
Maples Fund Services is an independent global fund services provider offering a complete range of front to back office fund administration, accounting and corporate services tailored to the requirements of each client.
Maples Fund Services (Middle East) Limited is licensed as a fund administrator by the DFSA and completes the Maples Group’s service offering in the Middle East where Maples and Calder have been providing offshore legal services since 2005.
Apex Fund Services
Fund Administration
Dubai: Nicolas Angio
+971 4 428 9221
Apex Fund Services Ltd is an established provider of fund administration, transfer agency and corporate secretarial services to the funds industry. Headquartered in Hamilton, Bermuda and established in 2003, it is one of the world’s fastest growing fund administrators globally with offices in 12 locations around the world covering all established and emerging fund markets. Apex has been setting the benchmark for technology and service standards that it provides to its fund, hedge fund, fund of funds and private equity clients.
Custom House Global Fund Services
Fund Administration
David Barry, Head of Sales & Marketing Europe & Middle East
+353 1 878 0807
Multiple award winning Custom House Global Fund Services Ltd. (“Custom House”) has the technology, expertise and global infrastructure to deliver full administration services its clients around the clock and around the world.
The services that Custom House offers include, inter alia, full alternative investment and hedge fund administration, including funds of funds, managed accounts, managed account platforms, private equity and real estate funds.
Through its fully integrated technology infrastructure and offices around the globe, Custom House offers a 24/7 service, with a large number of the funds it administers receiving daily dealing valuations.
