Author: Karel Frielink

Is it a mysterious place? The Netherlands Antilles form part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The other members of the Kingdom are Aruba and the Netherlands. The Netherlands Antilles in turn consist of five islands: Bonaire and Curacao (together with Aruba constituting the so-called ABC Islands, or Leeward Antilles, located in the South western… Continue reading THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

The Netherlands Antilles provide a favorable climate for hedge funds The Netherlands Antilles currently provide a favorable tax, legal and regulatory climate for hedge funds. A fund vehicle can be established very quickly and very flexible. Also, a new regulatory regime regarding the supervision of investment institutions and administrators and new anti-money laundering rules provides… Continue reading NETHERLANDS ANTILLES HEDGE FUNDS

Corporate legislation in the Netherlands Antilles The law of the Netherlands Antilles (part of the Kingdom of the Netherlands) is still in full swing. The Netherlands Antilles government on a continuing basis is striving to introduce legislation and regulatory regimes in order to enhance its ability to attract quality business, and enable the country to… Continue reading THE ULTIMATE CORPORATE ADVENTURE

Now only on e-Bay A 21-year old student, Alex Tew, sells advertising pixels for 1 USD per pixel. Reason? To earn some decent money. The result: he is a millionaire now. Time needed? Only five months. How does it look? See for yourself. There are still around 1,000 pixels available. Clever as he apparently is,… Continue reading THE MILLION DOLLAR HOMEPAGE

LegalProblems Business blogging faces legal challenges. The ‘LegalProblems’ part of new PR/wiki deals with blogging policies, what employers should know about blogging, legal protection for bloggers, case studies and so on. Especially the topics concerning ‘how to blog without losing your job’ are interesting. Would you allow your employees to blog about your business? How… Continue reading THE NEW PR/WIKI

The Art of Managing People by Asking Questions Frank D. Kanu (President of Genius One) wrote this masterpiece of 204 pages. In the fifth century B.C. the Greek philosopher Socrates perfected a method of teaching in which he would ask disarmingly simple questions that actually forced people to admit what they didn’t know. As you… Continue reading STOP TELLING … START LEADING

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Thank you 2005 has been a wonderful year. I say ‘thank you’ to all friends who contributed to my well-being. I have met many new friends, in person and virtual, and I have learned a lot. Life is still exciting. And I sincerely hope that those friends of mine who are suffering from depression or… Continue reading GOODBYE AND SEE YOU IN 2006

Curacao is unstoppable My mission: to combine the global knowledge, skills and experiences of the most dedicated (networking) professionals and to make it accessible to and useful for the business community on Curacao. Vision: the world is changing dramatically. Globalization is no longer about large companies operating on a global scale, but about small(er) companies… Continue reading MY NETWORKING MISSION FOR 2006

Are happy lawyers better lawyers? I’m not addressing the issue of income, although I assume many choose to become a lawyer because of the money (and prestige) involved. Fact is that lawyers have one of the highest rates of depression and burn-out among the professional careers. The question is whether ‘happy lawyers’ are better lawyers?… Continue reading SHOULD LAWYERS BE HAPPY PERSONS?

Several exemptions available In the Netherlands Antilles National Decree of 1995 constituting general requirements pursuant to article 1 (3) of the National Ordinance on the supervision of banking and credit institutions 1994, Groupfinco’s (‘concernfinancieringsmaatschappijen’) have been exempted from the application of the Ordinance. The Decree defines “Groupfinco’s” as Credit Institutions, which (i) form part of… Continue reading REGULATORY ASPECTS OF A FINCO AND GROUPFINCO UNDER THE LAWS OF THE NETHERLANDS ANTILLES

Steve Purkiss is the man behind the design and the software I am just an attorney. With almost no experience in web building, I contacted my Toronto-based friend Steve Purkiss a couple of months ago. I told him about my desire to have my own legal blog. He advised WordPress, with easy page editing and… Continue reading THE MAKING OF THIS WEBLOG