Curaçao, a solid international business center with a rich history

In the South of the Caribbean Sea, the rich and historic island country of Curaçao boasts the oldest central bank in the entire Western Hemisphere. The Central Bank of Curaçao and Sint Maarten is older than the FED in the USA and the first in the Americas. The financial sector in Curaçao skyrocketed when large Dutch multinationals transferred their statutory seats to the island just before the outbreak of the Second World War.

Curaçao not only has its own international stock exchange but is also fully compliant with the EU, OECD, and FATF requirements of economic substance, avoidance of harmful tax practices and combating of money laundering and terrorism financing. Compliance with international bodies has increased the trust of investors in the Curaçao market and turned it into a hot market.

With its legacy of international finance and home base for large investors, Curaçao has not only grown into a crossroads of international trade with a unique deep seaport and one of the largest refineries on the continent, but many tourists have found their way to the island full of history, beautiful beaches, and endless blue sea.

For more than eight decades, the island has been an oasis of stability and trust for a large number of multinational companies, international funds, families with business interests, and wealthy individuals. As a stable jurisdiction, infrastructure, and access to more than a hundred international investment protection and other treaties, we deliver state-of-the-art succession planning, asset protection, and fund management in a tax neutral environment on a daily basis and are thus an important pivot in business operations and wealth management of our clients.