Cayman Islands Eyes Regulatory Bridge with GIFT City’s IFSCA

Building a Compliance Highway Between Cayman and GIFT IFSC
During engagements around financial-sector collaboration, the Cayman Islands’ leadership indicated interest in a dedicated information-sharing and regulatory cooperation agreement with IFSCA, which oversees India’s GIFT International Financial Services Centre. Such a pact would sit alongside Cayman’s existing network of tax and regulatory cooperation agreements, and complement IFSCA’s participation in global frameworks like IOSCO’s multilateral MoU on information exchange.​

For GIFT City, a direct regulatory line to Cayman—home to a large universe of global funds and structured finance vehicles—could ease due diligence, KYC, tax transparency and supervision of cross-border entities. For Cayman, closer links with India’s fast-growing IFSC would support diversified capital flows and signal alignment with evolving global compliance norms.​

Key highlights
Cayman Islands premier says government is looking to sign a specific pact with IFSCA focused on regulatory information exchange.​

IFSCA already part of IOSCO’s global information-sharing network, enabling cross-border cooperation with 130+ regulators.​

Cayman has an extensive web of exchange-of-information agreements covering tax and securities regulation.​

A bilateral IFSCA–Cayman arrangement would streamline supervision of funds, banks and intermediaries operating between Cayman and GIFT IFSC.​

Move aligns with India’s ambition to build GIFT City into a premier global financial hub and gateway for foreign capital.​

Sources: Cayman Islands international cooperation handbooks, IFSCA regulatory cooperation disclosures, Indian government and GIFT City policy updates,