What to know about the Cayman Islands’ regulatory regime

Nancy Vailakis
5 min readJul 24, 2022

Originally published in Alternatives Watch

https://www.alternativeswatch.com/2022/07/12/cayman-islands-regulatory-regime-changes-insights-isatou-smith-eisneramper/

While proposed private fund regulatory changes are keeping chief compliance officers busy here in the U.S., the Cayman Islands also saw several shifts in recent years that are still not fully understood by private fund managers in the U.S. and elsewhere.

Enter Isatou Smith, managing director at EisnerAmper Governance Cayman, who has agreed to share her expertise.

Isatou has been active in the investment funds industry for over 15 years and has significant regulatory and corporate governance experience with investment funds and their operations, having been previously employed by the Cayman Islands Monetary Authority (CIMA) as a senior analyst in the Investments and Securities Division.

Managing the operations team at EisnerAmper Governance Cayman, Isatou acts as an independent director for investment funds, including several sponsored by large global asset managers. She also fulfills compliance requirements for investment entities.

Isatou Smith at EisnerAmper Cayman (provided)

Prior to joining EisnerAmper Governance, Isatou acted as an independent director through Lainston…

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Nancy Vailakis
Nancy Vailakis

Written by Nancy Vailakis

Nancy Vailakis is the Principal of Ancram IRBD, a boutique placement agency and investor relations, marketing and publicity firm for the private funds industry.

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