Monday, December 31, 2007

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China

Registered address:
PO Box 344
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Island

Incorporation year: 1994

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: XINGF

Financial highlights:
Net sales (2006): US$412 million

About the BVI company:

Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc, incorporated in the British Virgin Islands, is one of China's largest manufacturers and distributors of telecommunications terminal products, developing, producing and marketing a wide range of mobile handsets, with increasing focus on differentiated products. It is also one of the leading Chinese manufacturers of mobile handsets, in terms of unit sales volume.

The two major subsidiaries of Qiao Xing Universal Telephone, Inc. are:

1) CEC Telecom Co., Ltd (CECT), - a limited liability company registered in PRC, and one of the largest domestic manufacturers of mobile handsets in China, with the increasing focus on differentiated products that generates higher profit margins.

2) Qiao Xing Communication Industry Co., Ltd (HZQXCI), - China-registered joint venture and one of the largest local indoor telephone players in China and an emerging mobile phone player in the China market, with its focus on higher-end indoor phones and economy mobile phones.

XING first started its original design manufacturing (ODM) in corded fixed line telephones in 1992 in the Chinese Province Guangdong. The company has demonstrated its differentiated products, the last of which were information securiy mobile phones with Five-star rating launched in 2007.
The Company also developed the first model of LCD telephone sets and the first model of wireless fixed phones in China.

The company has also maintained strategic relation with renowned domestic and international telecommunication terminal R&D firms, including BVI registered TechFaith company.

Monday, December 24, 2007

Commerce Consulting Ltd.

Industry: E-commerce solutions

Main business locations: Mainly Asia

Registered Address:
Commerce Consulting Ltd
PO Box 3321
Road Town Tortola
British Virgin Island

About the BVI company:

Commerce Consulting Ltd. is the company that fully manages Click-Pay online payment gateway. Click-Pay. PAY Point is a common electronic currency in Click-Pay for transaction of Internet. Click-Pay has connection with major banks in Asia, to process major credit cards and debit cards and provide the most secure and safe payment gateway for their business. Click-Pay may be used for sending money via email from credit card or China Debit Card, for making online purchases, for collecting money via email, for instant payouts via Asia ATM card solution.

Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Dixy Retail Limited

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Registered Office:
Trident Chambers,
P.O. Box 146,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

The BVI holding company Dixy Retail Limited holds 50.96% stake in Dixy Group, meaning that the BVI company is the majority shareholder of one of the leading Russian companies engaged in retail sales of foodstuff and household supplies.

Dixy Group was founded in 1992, after that it started operations under the trademark of Uniland. After the 1998 economic crisis in Russia, the company focused on the discount retail sector – the original distribution business continued to be a small part of the group's operations and was sold in 2006.

The first Dixy store was open in 1999 in Moscow. Dixy Group now operates three retail formats - Dixy, Megamart and Minimart. As of 1st December 2007, the company operates 372 units, including 8 “Megamart” compact hypermarkets and 7 “Minimart” supermarkets, in three federal districts of Russia.

Sunday, December 2, 2007

Livermore Investments Group Limited

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main business locations: Global

Registered Office:
Trident Chambers
PO Box 146
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 475668

Incorporation date: 2002 (under the name Empire Online Gaming)

Listed on: London Stock Exchange AIM
Ticker: LIV

Financials:
Weighted average number of ordinary shares: 292,777,772
Profit (2006): USD 62,720,000
Earnings per share (2006): USD 0.21
Total Assets (2006): USD 313,123,000

Bankers:
Bank Hapoalim (Luxembourg)
Leumi Bank (Switzerland)
FIBI Bank (Switzerland)

Solicitors: Travers Smith

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Major shareholders:
Groverton Management Ltd. 47.41%
Mr Aviv Raiz 8.65%
New Star Asset Management 5.55%
RB Investments GmbH 3.89%

About the BVI company:
Livermore Investments Group Limited is an investment company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and listed on London AIM, having a global remit and an administration centre in Cyprus. Company generates returns for shareholders by investing across real estate, equities and the credit markets. Livermore’s investment strategy have a global remit with a focus on value added opportunities in emerging markets.

Livermore Investments Group Limited was operating in online gaming industry under the name of Empire Online Limited; following the Company's EGM on 17 January 2007, Empire Online Limited disposed of its remaining operating activities in online gaming and changed its purpose to Investment Company generating returns for its shareholders through investing across real estate, equities and the credit markets.

Monday, November 26, 2007

Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioning Co.

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: China

Registered Office:
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: October 2006

About the BVI company:
Guangdong Chigo Air Conditioner Co., Ltd. has finished its registration in the British Virgin Islands in October 2006, along with company's financial reorganization and restructuring.

The company is located in Nanhai District, Foshan City. It has emerged as a large-sized enterprise integrating the development, production and marketing of household and central air conditioners.

Chigo Air Conditioner has become the leading brand in the air conditioner industry, with sales network covering more than 100 countries and regions. Company's products include the various sizes of household air conditioners and central air conditioners.

Chigo Air Conditioner has accomplished lot of research results and has passed over 200 global authoritative certifications.

Sunday, November 11, 2007

Copper Resources Corporation

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Democratic Republic of Kongo, Philippines

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers,
P.O.Box 71,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 626550

Listed on: London Stock Exchange AIM
Ticker: CRC

Financial highlights:
Total Assets (2006): USD 58,265,000
Total Revenue (2006): USD 11,740,000
Net loss (2006): USD 3,089,000
Shareholder’s equity: USD 42,969,000

Bankers: ANZ Bank

Solicitors: Pinsent Masons

Auditor: Chantrey Vellacott DFK LLP

Subsidiaries:
Name of companyPlace of incorporationOwnership interestPrincipal activity
Hinoba Holdings (Australia) Pty LimitedAustralia100%Secretarial & Administration Offices
African Millennium CorporationBritish Virgin Islands100%Mining exploration
Hinoba Holdings Ltd.Bahamas100%Holding company
Hinoba Holdings (Philippines), Inc.Philippines100%Holding company
Hinoba-an & Sipalay Holdings, Inc.Philippines40%Holding company
Selenga Mining CorporationPhilippines92.5%Mining exploration
Miniere de Musoshi et Kinsenda sarlDemocratic Republic of Congo75%Mining exploration

About the BVI company:

Copper Resources Corporation is the holding company of a group of mineral exploration and development companies. The group owns a 75% interest in Minière de Musoshi et Kinsenda (MMK), which holds three high-grade deposits in the Katanga Province of the Democratic Republic of Kongo. The total recoverable resources of the three properties make 7.2 billion pounds of copper.

The Group is also holding a 92.5% economic interest in one of its principal developments, the Hinoba-an Project, located on Negros Island in the Philippines.

Wednesday, November 7, 2007

Pan Global Trading, Inc.

Industry: Marketing and Advertising

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered office:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town, Tortola.
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

The Pan Global Trading, Inc. company is the owner of the WatchX, which publishes the buy prices in the industry of brand watches, and packages them in a unique format that allows subscribers to view scans (movement, dial, back case) of the watch.

The WatchX is advertising that it offers the only online Rolex product, and parts catalogs (1999, 2001, 2002) featuring all of the current Rolex models. The subscribers of the WatchX receive daily and weekly buy price updates on Rolex, Cartier, Breitling, Omega etc. watches.

Disclaimer: The author hasn’t tested WatchX services and can’t advise on quality and reliability.

Thursday, October 25, 2007

Orbit Communications Company Ltd.

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: Middle East, North Africa

Registered Office:
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 1993

About the BVI company:

Orbit Communications An international communications company registered in the British Virgin Islands and delivering complete end-to-end satellite communications solutions for services such as the internet, voice, data and video to a growing number of customers worldwide. Orbit has its own satellite network and the large capacity of backbone connections in its availability.

Teleports managed by Orbit Communications provide potential customers worldwide with satellite capacity up and downlink services, broadband internet access including bandwidth management and IP addresses.

Orbit Communications is said to be the first satellite pay television operator in the Middle East providing completely digital, multi-channel, multi-lingual service. The Orbit Satellite Television and Radio Network has digital technology supporting hundreds of television channels and 20 radio stations.

Orbit broadcasts to most territories of the Middle East and North Africa, including Saudi Arabia,Syria, Kuwait, Bahrain, Qatar, Lebanon, United Arab Emirates, Yemen, Morocco,Tunisia, Pakistan, and other countries of the region. The company also provides Arabic-language communications services in Europe, USA and Australia, planning to expand into other Asian countries and Canada.

Monday, October 15, 2007

Real Trade Group

Industry: Financial Services -> Forex

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Drake Chambers,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: May 2, 2006
Registration number: 1025031

About the BVI company:

The company Real Trade Group provides services for operations on Forex market. The company offers possibility to make deals using Internet. Free “RealTrader” software allows the clients to receive information about current market conditions, carry out the technical analysis, make deals and monitor the operations.

Real Trade's branch offices are located in Latvia, Lithuania, Estonia, Russia and Ukraine (Investment Consulting Real-Trade). The BVI company has partners in Indonesia and Israel.

Company's Offers (October 15th, 2007):
  • Forex $ CFD accounts
  • Online account opening
  • Web Money transfers
  • 24-hour trading on the FOREX market from Sunday 23:00 GMT to Friday 22:00 GMT
  • Trading platform Real Trader 4
  • Simultaneous management of accounts via Real Trader 4 Multiterminal,
  • Free Mobile Trading
  • Fixed spreads from 3 points
  • 11 currency pairs
  • Instant execution
  • Instant deposit and withdrawal
  • Forex Commission - $0
  • Competitive swaps
Trading Terms (October 15th, 2007):
  • Minimal deposit - $20
  • Minimal contract size - 0,01 lots
  • Maximal contract size - 100 lots
  • Leverage - 1:100
Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

Thursday, October 4, 2007

TechFaith Wireless Technology Group Limited

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China, U.S.

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 957,
Offshore Incorporations Centre,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Date of Incorporation: July 2002

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: CNTF

Financial highlights:
Total Assets (2006): USD 207,714,000
Total Revenue (2006): USD 80,804,000
Shareholder’s equity: USD 166,350,000
Net loss (2006): USD 8,800,000
Total gross profit (2006): USD 25,699,000

Auditors: Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu

Bankers: The Bank of New York Ltd.

About the BVI company:
TechFaith is registered in the British Virgin Islands, headquartered in Beijing and operating mainly in China. The company focuses on the research, development and design of mobile hand software. TechFaith's business includes handset design, feature phone solution, wireless module and data card, application software, Smartphone and Pocket PCs. Having a full range of wireless application software including WAP, Java, MMS, WW browser, SyncML and DRM, the company provides total solutions for upper layer software of handsets. TechFaith also develops smartphone software based on open operating systems including Linux and Windows Mobile. The company maintains offices in Shanghai, Shenzhen and San Diego.

Monday, October 1, 2007

Resolute Capital Growth Fund

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Wattley Building
160 Main Street, PO Box 4443
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Date of incorporation: 2003

Listed on: Irish Stock Exchange
Resolute Capital Growth Fund Limited

Financials:
Minimum subscription: USD 100,000
Net Asset Value: USD 1058.7476 (17/09/2007)

Auditors: Baker Tilly (BVI) Limited

Bankers: Barclays International

About the BVI fund:
Resolute Capital Growth Fund is professional investment fund registered in the British Virgin Islands and licensed with the BVI Financial Services Commission. The founders of the fund have focused on low-volatility, market-neutral and performance-driven trading strategies, offering programs for professional investors and investing primarily in currencies.

Thursday, September 20, 2007

Talon Metals Corporation

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Brazil

Registered Office:
Geneva Place 2nd Floor,
333 Waterfront Drive
Wickham's Cay Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Renamed on July 5, 2007

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: BZM, TLO

Financial highlights: (compare to 2005 financial highlights)
Total Assets: (2006) CAD 19,863,941
Shareholder’s equity: CAD 24,104,131
Net loss: (2006) CAD 1,976,205
(the company currently invests in exploration)


Auditors: Zeifman & Company LLP

Bankers: Cidel Bank & Trust Inc., Bridgetown, Barbados

About the BVI company:

Talon Metals Corp. (formerly Brazmin Corporation) is a mineral exploration company engaged in the acquisition, exploration and development of high quality base and precious metal projects. Currently the main projects of the company located within the Tapajós Gold District in Brazil are Água Branca Gold Project and São Jorge Project. The company owns approximately 17% of stock of Brazauro Resources Corp., an exploration and development company in Brazil.

Tuesday, September 11, 2007

Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited

Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited is a BVI fund management company being part of Renaissance Investment Management Group.

Industry: Financial Services

Main markets: Russia, Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS)

Registered Address:
Craigmuir Chambers,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Date of incorporation: 2003

About the BVI company:

Renaissance Capital Investment Management, based in the British Virgin Islands, was established as an independent business as part of the Renaissance Capital Group, - an independent group of finance and investment companies specializing in the developing markets. BVI-based Renaissance Capital is working in the spheres of investment banking, asset management, merchant banking and consumer financing.

Renaissance Capital Investment Management Limited is licensed to provide management services under Section 24 (1) of the BVI Mutual Funds Act, 1996 (as amended).

Renaissance Capital has two business lines – asset and fund management and wealth management services to high net worth individuals. Its clients include the largest Russian insurance companies, most of Russian non-state pension funds, and a number of the largest Russian corporations. Renaissance Capital provides strategic and financial advisory services to many Russian and other CIS corporations in all the leading sectors of economy.

Sunday, September 9, 2007

Deswell Industries, Inc.

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: Asia

Registered Office:
H.W.R. Services Limited
P. O. Box 71,
Craigmuir Chambers, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1987

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: DSWL

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2006) USD 130,670,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2006) USD 106,768,000
Net Sales: (2006) USD 115,276,000
Income before taxation: (2006) USD 9,992,000

Auditors: BDO MaCabe Lo Limited

Bank: The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited

SEC Counsel: Kirkpatrick & Lockhart Nicholson Graham LLP

About the BVI company:

Deswell Industries, Inc. is an independent contract manufacturer of injection-molded plastic parts and components, electronic products, components and subassemblies; supplier of metallic molds for the company's plastics and electronics operations, manufacturer of metal parts for original equipment manufacturers and contract manufacturers.

Deswell has its registered office in BVI, but its executive office is located in Hong Kong. Company conducts all kinds of its manufacturing activities at separate plastics, electronics and metallics operation factories located in the Shenzhen Special Economic Zone in China.

The company sells its products to customers in Asia (China, Hong Kong, Japan), the United States and Europe (Germany, Italy).

Tuesday, September 4, 2007

Orca Exploration Group Inc.

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: East Africa

Registered Office:
PO Box 3152
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: August 31, 2004 (renamed on April 2, 2007)

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: ORC.A; ORC.B

Financial highlights: (compare to 2005 financial results)
Total Assets: (2006) USD 43,904,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2006) USD 37,889,000
Total Revenue: (2006) USD 13,828,000
Profit before taxation: (2006) USD 4,261,000

Subsidiaries:
PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation (company registered in Mauritius)
PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (company registered in Jersey)

Auditors: KPMG

Lawyers: Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

About the BVI company:

Orca Exploration Group Inc. is an international public company registered in the British Virgin Islands, focused on natural gas exploration, production, development and marketing in Tanzania, through the wholly-owned subsidiary PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited. Company's head office is located in Dar Es Salaam (Tanzania). The Company is also engaged in oil and gas appraisal in Italy.

Orca Exploration Group Inc. was previously operating as EastCoast Energy Corporation, which was originally a subsidiary of PanOcean Energy Corporation. It was distributed to shareholders and separately listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange in August 2004. In November 2006, EastCoast shareholders approved company's name change into Orca Exploration Group Inc. Orca started trading on the TSXV on 4 April 2007.

Friday, August 31, 2007

Neuimex Direct Dealing S.A.

Industry: Financial Services -> Forex

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Shirley Trust Company Limited,
P.O. Box 3099,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: November 3, 2004

About the BVI company:

Neuimex Direct Dealing S.A. is an independant Broker for business execution and account holding for Forex and CFD markets based in Tortola, British Virgin Islands. The software, services, backoffice and trading platform for Neuimex Direct Dealing S.A. are provided by Swiss-based Neuimex.

Neuimex Asset Management AG was founded by experts in online Forex trading, and offers customers global access to online trading on FOREX, CFD and Futures markets. The company is also a member of the Swiss Self Regulation Organisation PolyReg.

Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

Thursday, August 9, 2007

ValueAct Capital

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment

Main business locations: USA

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 2000

About the BVI company:

ValueAct Capital is registered in the British Virgin Islands and has offices in San Francisco and Boston. ValueAct Capital partners are Jeffrey W. Ubben and G. Mason Morfit.

The company is focused on buying large stakes in undervalued companies and then working with their management to boost sales and revenues. To date, on behalf of institutional and wealthy individual investors, the company manages $1.5 billion.

The largest stakes of ValueAct Capital are in The TriZetto Group and Per-Se Technologies, both connected with health care billing software, and PRA International (drug development).

Tuesday, July 24, 2007

Equest Investments Balkans Limited

Industry: Real Estate

Main business locations: Bulgaria, Romania

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: December 10, 2003

Financial highlights:
Market Capitalization: €230 million

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels

Main shareholders: approximately 25 UK and European institutions with Griffin Capital represented on the Investment Committee of the company.

About the BVI company:

Equest Investments Balkans Limited is an investment management and advisory company, focused on selected investment companies and funds in the countries including Bulgaria and Romania, where the company has full scale investment offices.
Equest Investments Balkans Limited makes strategic investment in the sectors of Financial Services, Retail and Property Development, and has invested in 6 Bulgarian companies and 1 Romanian company.

Equest's strategic holdings are:


  • Technomarket, Bulgaria's largest wholesaler and retailer of consumer electronics and household appliances,

  • Vitosha Insurance, the fifth largest insurance company in Bulgaria,

  • Immofinance, Bulgarian residential and second home developer,

  • Pelican Retail Holding, a development company for retail centres.
Other names include Avto Union, Familia Stores, Citadel Holding, etc.

Wednesday, July 18, 2007

PD Insurance Company Ltd.

Industry: Financial Services -> Insurance

Main business locations: USA, BVI

Registered Address:
Belmont Insurance Management Limited
P.O. Box 3443
Tropic Isle Building
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

About the BVI company:

PD Insurance Company Ltd. is a provider of liability insurance coverage for punitive damage awards, working within the United States of America. Since punitive damages are not permitted to be insured within many of the US states, a company has been formed outside the country to enable this coverage. The Company is not licensed to do business in any state of the United States, and will provide coverage from its location in the British Virgin Islands. The jurisdiction is chosen for its friendly business and legal climate.

Friday, July 13, 2007

York Kingdom International Ltd.

Industry: Financial Services

Main markets: Worldwide except United States, France, the United Kingdom

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

A company engaged in the development and management of offshore financial services for over 20 years. YKI offers its customers financial products and services, together with insurance products. Through independent international advisers located in more than 40 countries, the company provides knowledge and analysis of the financial dynamics of the world market, and the efficient management of diversified offshore investment tools.

York Kingdom International is worth more than US$ 460 in deposits and assets under management or advice. York Kingdom International has over 30 investment fund families available. The company invests in funds that are recognised for their standards of performance and excellence. York Kingdom International's products and services are only available through independent international financial advisers.

Sunday, July 8, 2007

Peeker Investment Group Ltd.

BVI corporation is an investment vehicle for Peeker Group. The following information is about whole Peeker Group and Peeker Investment Group (BVI) Ltd.

Industry: Future technologies

Main markets: Worldwide

Registered address:
Drake Chamber,
Commonwealth Trust Limited
PO Box 3321,
Road Town
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 536774

About the BVI company and Peeker Group:

Peeker Investments Group Limited is a privately held investment company focused on technology acquisition, investments in manufacturing and development of power plants in Europe. PI Group UK provides also venture capital funding for new technology companies, in the field of clean power and energy trading.

Peeker Investments Group provides a platform for PAESI (Peeker-Atomic Energy Systems Inc), to increase its manufacturing and distribution of clean electrical power in Europe.

Along with Nevada-based Peeker Corporation, PI Group is part of Peeker Group of companies, - the group of specialists in renewable energy and plasma propulsion systems.

Peeker Investments Group is pursuing an acquisition strategy to increase its manufacturing and service capability for its existing and new technology products in the field of power generation and delivery, networking, and transportation. The Company is looking for adequate targets in the US, Eastern Europe, UK, India, Japan and China.

Monday, June 25, 2007

Charter Capital Corporation

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Address:
Charter Capital Corporation
PO Box 119
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 491446

About the BVI company:

Charter Capital Corporation (CFX) provides comprehensive services to foreign exchange market participants. These services include:
  • Introducing Brokers.
  • Trading Managers. The CFX trading system is tailored to meet the needs of traders managing multiple accounts from one screen.
  • Physical Delivery. CFX offers physical delivery of currencies in sizes of $50,000 and higher.
  • Metals Trading. CFX offers an efficient means of trading spot gold and silver online.
  • Online Forex Trading.
Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

Tuesday, June 19, 2007

Corvus Capital Inc

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Palm Chambers
PO box 119
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Financial highlights (2006):
Assets: 36,152,000 £
Share capital:
- Authorised Ordinary shares of 5p each: 400,000,000
- Allotted, called up, and fully paid Ordinary shares of 5p each: 262,892,500
Basic return per share: 4.13p
Diluted return per share: 3.98p

Auditors: Grant Thornton UK LLP

Solicitors: Fladgate Fielder

Main shareholders:
OMX Securities Nominees Limited (10.74%)
Brewin Nominees (Channel Islands) Limited (6.54%)
Lehman Brothers International (4.87%)
Man Financial Limited (3.81%)

100% owned subsidiaries:
Castello Strategy Limited (British Virgin Islands)
CVS Management Limited (England and Wales)
Corvus Management (Suisse) SA (Switzerland)
Swiss Investment Group AG (Switzerland)

About the BVI company:

Corvus Capital is an international investment management company, dealing with both strategic assets and trading business in a number of sectors on an international basis. Although the Company has no criteria to choose specific sectors for investing, at present it is focusing on the following sectors: Insurance; Investment; Consumer Goods; Engineering; Industrials; Leisure & Hotels; Health; Media & Entertainment; Natural Resources; Professional & Support Services; Retailing; Technology; Telecommunications; Utilities; Investee Companies and Management.

Over the last two years, Corvus' investments have been mainly focused in the United States, UK and Asian region. The company seeks potential investment opportunities in Europe, North America and Asia, and consolidates its position in the Republic of South Africa. Its equities and assets involved in the investment projects are worth in excess of US$750m. In the last eighteen months, Corvus has been an investor or co-investor in new and secondary issues in excess of US$50m.

Company's strategy is initial representing of investments by substantial shareholdings in investee companies to maximise the potential of returns to shareholders. Corvus also provides direct loans as financial support to investee companies, or stands as a guarantor to third party lenders.

Tuesday, June 12, 2007

UTV International Holdings Limited

The BVI holding company; subsidiary of UTV Software Communications Ltd.

Industry: Software Development

Main business locations: India, UK, USA

Registered Address:
Craigmuir Chambers,
PO Box 71, Road Town,
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Parent company listed on: NYSE
Ticker: UTVSOF.NS

About the parent company:

UTV Software Communications Ltd. is Media & Entertainment Company located in India, with strong positions in 4 areas that include Motion Pictures, Broadcasting, TV Content and New Media (i.e. Animation and Gaming). The company has subsidiaries with offices across India, the UK and USA.

UTV Software Communications Ltd. has strategic relationships with 20th Century Fox, Walt Disney and Sony Pictures. The Company has large 3D Animated facilities located in Mumbai.

UTV Software Communications Ltd. is listed on the Mumbai Stock Exchange. The main company's subsidiaries are:
  • United Entertainment Solutions Ltd., a company incorporated in 1997. Main business is post-production and SFX;
  • UTV Communications (USA) LLC, incorporated in 2004. The company is working in the US market, in the areas of picture distribution, international co-productions, joint ventures in animation;
  • UTV Communications (UK) Ltd., set up in 2004. The company's primary activity is the film distribution business in the UK;
  • UTV Communication (Mauritius) Ltd. The company is set up in 2004, and its core business is film distribution in all parts of the world barring the US and UK.
Added: In 2006 UTV Software Communications Ltd. has sold its BVI holding company together with holding owned Antah UTV Multimedia & Communications SDN BHD to Media Footing SDN BHD.

Wednesday, June 6, 2007

OpenTV Corp.

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: Japan, USA

Registered Address:
Insinger Trust (BVI) Limited
P.O. Box 438 Roadtown,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 346535

Incorporation date: 2000

Delaware incorporated daughter company listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: OPTV

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels

About the BVI company:

BVI registered OpenTV Corporation is the majority shareholder of the Delaware incorporated OpenTV Inc. Employees of OpenTV Inc. in accordance to the Employee Stock Purchase Plan are co-owners of OpenTV Corporation. This way the British Virgin Islands Company is used both as a holding company and corporate vehicle for employee benefit program.

OpenTV Inc. is the provider of solutions for the delivery of digital and interactive television. The company powers advanced digital television, including PVRs, VOD, IPTV, HDTV, MPEG4, Flash, etc.; participation television, a modular solution for a truly cross-platform, interactive experience; games and gaming services.

Company's headquarters is located in San Francisco, California, with offices worldwide, and is traded on the NASDAQ stock exchange under the symbol OPTV.

Friday, June 1, 2007

China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Limited

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: China

Registered Address:
P.O. Box 957,
Offshore Incorporations Centre,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Registration number: 244168

Subsidiary (China Mobile Limited) listed on: NYSE
Ticker: CHL

Market Capitalization of subsidiary (China Mobile Limited): 184.98 billion US dollars

Auditors: KPMG

Legal Advisors:
Linlaters
Sullivan & Cromwell LLP

Main shareholders:
China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Limited

About the BVI company:

China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Ltd. is majority shareholder of Chine Mobile Limited holding an equity interest of approximately 74.57 per cent of this Chinese wireless communications giant. The remaining 24.43% equity interest of the company is held by public investors. China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Ltd. is owned by China Mobile (Hong Kong) Group Limited. Indirectly through Chine Mobile Limited, the China Mobile Hong Kong (BVI) Ltd. is owning also the following Chinese, BVI and Cayman Islands companies:
  • Guangdong Mobile (China) (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • China Mobile Group Zhejiang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Jiangsu Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Jiangsu Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Fujian Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Fujian Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Henan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Henan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Hainan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Hainan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Beijing Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Beijing Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Shanghai Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Shanghai Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Tianjin Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Tianjin Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Hebei Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Hebei Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Liaoning Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Liaoning Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Shandong Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Shandong Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Guangxi Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Guangxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Anhui Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Anhui Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Jiangxi Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Jiangxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Chongqing Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Chongqing Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Sichuan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Sichuan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Hubei Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Hubei Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Hunan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Hunan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Shaanxi Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Shaanxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Shanxi Mobile Communication (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Shanxi Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Neimenggu Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Neimenggu Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Jilin Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Jilin Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Heilongjiang Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Heilongjiang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Guizhou Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Guizhou Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Yunnan Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Yunnan Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Xizang Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Xizang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Gansu Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Gansu Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Qinghai Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Qinghai Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Ningxia Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Ningxia Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Xinjiang Mobile (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Xinjiang Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications operator)
  • Beijing P&T Consulting & Design Institute (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Group Design Institute Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
  • China Mobile Communication (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile Communication Co., Ltd. (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
  • China Mobile Holding Company Limited (China) (Investment holding company)
  • China Mobile (Shenzhen) Limited (Roaming clearance services)
  • Aspire Holdings Limited (Cayman Islands) (Investment holding company)
  • Aspire (BVI) Limited (Investment holding company)
  • Aspire Technologies (Shenzhen) Limited (China) (Technology development)
  • Aspire Information Network (Shenzhen) Limited (China) (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
  • Aspire Information Technologies (Beijing) Limited (Technology development)
  • Fujian FUNO Mobile Communication Technology Company Limited (China) (Mobile telecommunications supporting services)
  • Advanced Roaming & Clearing House Limited (British Virgin Islands) (Roaming clearance services)
  • Fit Best Limited (British Virgin Islands) (Investment holding company)
  • Peoples Telephone (Hong Kong) (Mobile telecommunications services)
Source: China Mobile Limited Annual Report 2006

As we can see from the company list, the most mobile telecommunications operating companies are paired with BVI investment holding companies. This is quite prominent example of BVI company use as investment holding company. 30 Chinese mobile telecommunications operators are owned through 30 BVI investment holding companies, and another 3 BVI investment companies as well as Chinese and Cayman Islands holding company are used in the structure.

As of 31 December 2006, China Mobile Group had a Mainland China market share of approximately 67.5%. The Group's GSM global roaming services covered 219 countries and regions, and its GPRS roaming services covered 138 countries and regions.

In 2006, the Company was once again chosen by Financial Times as one of the “FT Global 500”, and was included it the list of “The World's 2000 Biggest Public Companies” by Forbes magazine.

Saturday, May 26, 2007

Gobi Partners Inc.

Industry: Financial Services -> Investment Services

Main Business Locations: China

Incorporation date: 2002

About the BVI company:

Gobi Partners is an early stage venture capital firm focusing on IT and digital media investments in China. The company was incorporated in 2002 and has offices in Beijing, Hong Kong and Shanghai. The Gobi Fund and Gobi Partners are operated by Thomas G. Tsao, Wai Kit Lau and Lawrence Tse.

Monday, May 21, 2007

Aschmoun (UK) Limited

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: Russian Federation, UK, North America


Registered Address:
Geneva Place, Waterfront Drive,
PO Box 3469,
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Bankers:
Barclays Bank Plc, London, UK
EFG Group Bank, Geneva, Switzerland

Solicitors:
Howard & Howard (UK)
Davies Bagambiire & Associates (Canada)

Joint venture participants:
- Aschmoun (UK) Limited, (Asset Management), 50%
- JSC Neftegasprom, (Licenses Holder), 15%
- Auriga Developments Limited, (Fund Management), 10%
- International Fuel Concepts UK Ltd., (Commercial Operations), 5%
- Petrogas Energy LLC, (Project Management), 5%
- PromTorgInvest LLC, (Social Development), 5%
- Local Government(s), (Regional), 10%

About the BVI company:
The BVI-registered Aschmoun (UK) Limited is working in the Minerals and Natural Resources sectors of the Russian Federation. Each of the associate companies included in the alliance specializes in various sectors of business, especially in the development and exploitation of oil and gas, minerals and natural resources.

Aschmoun Ltd. maintains representative offices in London and Toronto, to support and co-oprdinate associate companies registered in England and Wales. The Company has strong relationships and interests in numerous regions of the Russian Federation.

Currently the Company has an estimated market value of approximately $750 million; these funds are planned to be invested into the projects in Russia and North America, as well as in other associate company activities through Auriga Developments Limited.

Wednesday, May 16, 2007

Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd.

Main business locations: BVI

Industry: Telecommunications

Registered Address:
Cable & Wireless (West Indies) Ltd.
P.O. Box 440
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Main shareholders: Cable and Wireless PLC

About the BVI company:

Cable & Wireless is providing telecommunications services to 16 islands in the BVI, from Anegada to Jost van Dyke. Cable & Wireless has made a considerable investment in providing a variety of different connections to the rest of the world. The company is using a leading-edge fibre optic technology to link the BVI directly to the USA, the UK, Europe, Puerto Rico and the US Virgin Islands. The Eastern Caribbean Fibre System has extended optical quality connections throughout the region. The Company has made major upgrades to the switching facilities to provide advanced business services for customers.

Saturday, May 12, 2007

Cape Verde Solutions Ltd

Main business locations: Cape Verde

Industry: Real estate

Registered Address:
Commercial Building Qwomar number 6, 3rd floor,
P.O. box 875,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation Number: 672282

About the BVI company:

Cape Verde Solutions Ltd. is a provider of property solutions within Cape Verde. The Company is pioneering the use of Insulated Concrete Formwork (ICF) in Cape Verde, - a construction technique that provides greater strength over traditional building techniques.

The company is subsidising construction costs, through unknown post completion costs. Post completion services are open to tender ad established on a renewable basis.

Monday, May 7, 2007

Balmoral Capital Holdings Inc.

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:

Balmoral Capital Holdings Inc.
Omar Hodge Building
Wickhams Cay I
P.O.B. 362
British Virgin Islands

Industry: Financial Services

About the BVI company:

The Balmoral Investment Banking Group, formerly known as Zephyr Communications Limited, is a company with head office in the British Virgin Islands, and representative office in the United States.

Balmoral Group specializes in identifying, financing and advising middle-market companies as they expand and develop. Its focus are companies in emerging growth countries, outside the U.S.

The company provides full range of investment banking services including IPOs, Registered Directs, M&A Advisory and Debt Capital Markets. Advisory services include selling and buying, divestitures, recapitalizations, fairness opinions, etc. Balmoral Capital Debt Capital Markets Group provides advisory and placement services and private placement transactions including acquisitions, management buy-outs, recapitalizations, refinancings and restructurings.

Monday, April 30, 2007

O'Neal Webster

Industry: Legal Services

Registered Address:
Simmonds Building,
30 DeCastro Street,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands.

About the BVI company:

O'Neal Webster is a full service law firm registered in the British Virgin Islands. It is a member firm of Lex Mundi, the worldwide association of independent law firms, and of World Service Group (WSG), a global non-profit membership association of local, national and international providers of professional business services.

The firm's practice areas include mutual funds, limited partnerships, banking and finance, intellectual property, real estate, shipping, trusts and estates, litigation cases.

Thursday, April 26, 2007

Harney Westwood & Riegels

Industry: Legal Services

Registered Address:
Harney Westwood & Riegels
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands, VG1110

Incorporation year: 1960 (Harold Harney), 1966 (Neville C. Westwood), 1973 (Michael D. Riegels)

About the BVI company:

Harney Westwood & Riegels is the oldest and one of the largest law firms in the British Virgin Islands, closely involved with the legislative development process in the jurisdiction. Harneys' clients in the BVI range from private individuals to the world's leading law firms, corporations and banks. Clients include Barclays, BNP Paribas, CSFB, Citigroup, Deutsche Bank, Dresdner, Goldman Sachs, HSBC, JP Morgan, Morgan Stanley, Standard Chartered and UBS

The firm has offices in Hong Kong and London, which provide legal advice on BVI law to the clients from Far East and Europe.

Harneys Corporate Services, a trust company closely affiliated to the firm, provides for easy incorporation of BVI companies and offers a complete range of post-incorporation corporate services.

Harneys has over 150 lawyers and staff worldwide. The firm is divided into the following specialist departments that advise on BVI and Anguillan law. Anguilla based office provides full range of legal services relating to Anguillian law.

Monday, April 23, 2007

Spring Networking Ltd

Industry: Consumer Goods and Services

Registered address:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 2004

About the BVI company:

Spring Networking Ltd. is the owner of the trademark FLO-WERS.COM, and the web site https://www.flo-wers.com. The FLO-WERS.COM project was founded in the middle of year 2004, with the purpose to organize delivery of floral gifts in Moscow. Now it is focused also on Azerbaijan and The United States of America. The company is planning to develop to more countries as well.

Wednesday, April 18, 2007

MoneyForex Financial Ltd.

Edited on May 28, 2009, Please read the BVI FSC warning before.

Information gathered from MoneyForex Financial Ltd website on April 18, 2007:

Industry: Financial Services > Forex


Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 181,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: December 8, 2006
Registration number: 629302

About the company:

MoneyForex Financial Ltd. is online currency trading broker offering forex trading. Money Forex's target audience is individual and corporate investors such as money managers, banks and financial institutions in dealing with forex trading. The company is incorporated under the provisions of the International Business Companies Act, 1984.

The company offers futures, securities, and foreign exchange as a forex broker and primary market maker. Beside the financial industry, the group is engaged in real estate development, advertising, media communication, internet technology, software application and development.

Important: While we believe the people behind any BVI company to be honest and ethical, we recommend you do your own due diligence relating to any specific claims or promises made in the online offers. Forex trading has large potential rewards, but also large potential risk. You must be aware of the risks and be willing to accept them.

Thursday, April 5, 2007

UTi Worldwide Inc


Industry: Transportation and Logistics


Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
9 Columbus Centre
Pelican Drive
Road Town
Tortola, British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: January 1995

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: UTIW

Financial highlights:
Gross Revenue: (2006) 2,786 million
Net Revenue: (2006) $966 million
Operating Income: (2006) $132.1 million
Net Income: (2006) $88.4 million
Total Assets: (2006) $1,259 million

Auditors: Deloitte & Touche LLP

Legal Counsel: Paul, Hastings, Janofsky & Walker LLP

About the BVI company:

UTi Worldwide Inc. is an international, non-asset-based global integrated logistics company, providing supply chain management and optimization solutions. Company services include air and ocean freight forwarding, contract logistics, truckload brokerage and other supply chain management services. The company assists its clients in designing and implementing solutions that improve the predictability and visibility, and reduce the overall costs of the supply chains.

Company's customer base includes clients operating in the pharmaceutical, retail, apparel, chemical, automotive and technology industries.

On June 30, 2006 global network of freight forwarding offices of UTi Worldwide Inc. included 280 cities, and the company managed over 140 logistics centers, in a total of 64 countries with a staff of more than 17,000 people.

The company also has approximately 151 independent agent-owned offices in 76 additional countries, of which about 131 offices are exclusive freight forwarding agents.

The eight principal support offices of the company are located in Amsterdam, Frankfurt, Hong Kong, Johannesburg, London, Sydney and, in the United States, in Los Angeles, California and Columbia, South Carolina.

Subsequent to January 31, 2006 and effective March 7, 2006, UTi Worldwide acquired 100% shares of Market Industries, Ltd. - a third-party provider of logistics services and multi-modal transportation capacity solutions specializing in truck brokerage.

Thursday, March 29, 2007

Equator Exploration Limited

Industry: Mining

Main business locations: West Africa

Registered Office:
Craigmuir Chambers
PO Box 71, Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 2000

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2005) USD 194,061,000
Capital reserves: (2005) USD 203,342,000
Loss: (2005) USD 3,713,000
(the company currently invests in exploration)

Auditors: Chantrey Vellacott DFK

UK Solicitors: Pinsent Masons

Main shareholders:
Morstan Nominees Ltd
Bear Stearns Securities Corp
Goldman Sachs Securities (Nominees) Ltd
Barclays Capital Nominees Ltd
The Bank of New York (Nominees) Ltd
HSBC Global Custody Nominee (UK) Ltd
Lehman Brothers International (Europe)

About the BVI company:

Equator Exploration Limited is engaged in the exploration and development of oil and gas projects in the highly prospective region of West Africa. The company is building a diversified portfolio of exploration, appraisal and production assets in the region. Currently Equator's efforts are focused in the Gulf of Guinea, and recently the company completed drilling its third well on offshore Nigeria. Equator also owns rights to acquire a 100% interest in two blocks of its choice in the territorial waters, and continues to evaluate other exploration opportunities in this region.

West Africa is considered to be one of the most prospective offshore deepwater exploration and production regions. Equator's strategy is to identify, acquire and explore high quality prospects with the potential for large oil and gas reserves, mainly in West Africa. The company also gets revenue from the marketing and sale of seismic data that it has acquired jointly with PGS Exploration (UK) Limited.

Friday, March 23, 2007

EastCoast Energy Corporation

The BVI company changed its name to Orca Exploration Group Inc.

Industry: Mining


Main business locations: East Africa

Registered Office:
PO Box 3152
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: August 31, 2004

Listed on: Toronto Stock Exchange
Ticker: ECE.A ; ECE.B

Financial highlights:
Total Assets: (2005) USD 21,097,000
Shareholder’s equity: (2005) USD 16,662,000
Total Revenue: (2005) USD 5,759,000
Profit before taxation: (2005) USD 953,000

Subsidiaries:
PAE PanAfrican Energy Corporation (company registered in Mauritius)
PanAfrican Energy Tanzania Limited (company registered in Jersey)

Auditors: KPMG

Lawyers: Burnet, Duckworth & Palmer LLP

About the BVI company:

EastCoast Energy Corporation is an international company focused on the development and marketing of natural gas in East Africa. It is an independent publicly traded company with head office in Dar es Salaam in Tanzania. The company came into existence in August 2004, following approval by PanOcean shareholders and the various regulatory agencies involved.

Since 1994, EastCoast Energy Corporation operates the Songo Songo gas field – the first natural gas development in Tanzania. Also, EastCoast distributes natural gas to industrial customers in the Dar es Salaam area, and is working to create larger markets for gas production from Songo Songo in Tanzania.

With the purpose to build markets for natural gas sales in East Africa, PanOcean Energy Corporation acquired an interest in the Songo Songo offshore natural gas properties, attracted industrial partners to the project, facilitated the financing of the project by a consortium of multi-lateral lending agencies led by the World Bank. At Dar es Salaam, EastCoast is operating a 22 km distribution system to deliver natural gas to industrial users.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Antillian Service Corporation

Industry: Manufacturing

Main business locations: The Caribbean, Mexico

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3175
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

About the BVI company:

Antillian Service Corporation (ASC) is the Caribbean's leading Glass and Aluminium Trading company, receiving products from North, Central and South America, Europe and Asia. After that the products are distributed to the construction, industrial and decorative industry. The company provides regional distribution channels handling all international documents, insurance, maritime logistics throughout the Caribbean region. Key customers are also provided with export financing. The major suppliers whom the company represents since 1998 are Vitro Flotado de Mexico – one of the world's leading glass producers. The company delivers a line that includes floated, laminated, bent, tempered glass for high-end users.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

McW. Todman & Co

Industry: Legal Services

Main business locations: British Virgin Islands

Registered Office:
McNamara Chambers
116 Main Street
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1969

About the BVI company:

McW. Todman & Co is a law firm founded in 1969 on the British Virgin Islands by Dr. McWelling Todman. The firm is situated on the upper floors of the Todman building at the centre of Road Town, Tortola.

It is interesting that Dr. Todman was the first native British Virgin Islander operating a law firm in these islands. Now the law firm has retained its roots in the BVI community and still continues to grow and develop in the legal environment that characterizes the British Virgin Islands. McW. Todman & Co is one of the top litigation practices in the BVI; also it offers discreet services to clients in corporate formation and management, through its wholly owned McNamara Corporate Services Limited.

McW. Todman & Co is working internationally; each of its lawyers is licensed for practicing in at least one jurisdiction, other than in the BVI. The firm is a member of the Caribbean Law Firm Group, with a network of relationships in all the common law jurisdictions bordering the Caribbean Sea.

The firm is often recommended by several reputable firms of Solicitors practising in London, Toronto, Perth, Singapore and Hong Kong as well as Attorneys in Miami, Los Angeles, Denver, Salt Lake City, New York and Washington D.C. and has worked in collaboration with leading English Queen's Counsel from Erskine Chambers, 3 Stone Buildings, Pump Court, Fountain Court and other internationally recognized Barristers' chambers out of London.

Mr. Terrance Neale, Mr. John Carrington and Ms. Heather Tull in 2004 were appointed as consultants on BVI legal matters to Charles Russell LLP, a well-known firm of solicitors of 8-10 New Fetter Lane EC1 4RS, London. In co-operation with Charles Russell LLP, the law firm provides various services in relation to BVI commercial law matters.

Saturday, March 10, 2007

AsiaPac Investment Consultants Ltd.

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Asia, UK, Thailand

Registered Office:
Tropic Isle Building
P.O. Box 438
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1995

Auditors: Pattana Auditing Company Ltd.

About the BVI company:

AsiaPac Investment Consultants is a firm consisting of leading independent financial advisers, having the stable reputation of the highest standard for providing financial and investment advice. The company provides professional advice, to maximize the tax and investment advantages of one's expatriate status. The company has considerable experience in offshore financial planning and global markets. It is also linked to the leading offshore institutions and offers a wide range of affiliated services, including tax planning and investment management.

AsiaPac Investment Consultants are working with Companies registered in regulated jurisdictions, offering political and economic stability and confidentiality, - like the Channel Islands, Luxembourg, the Isle of Man and Hong Kong.

The list of services provided by AsiaPac Investment Consultants includes:

- Personal Investment Portfolios: sourcing managed Funds which have a track record of providing consistent and above average returns. Once established, the Portfolio is reviewed in depth either quarterly or monthly with a valuation.
- Retirement Planning: providing the in depth information required to establish flexible retirement plans, designed specifically for the needs and financial circumstances.
- Provision of School Fees: making provisions for private education at fee-paying schools.
- Trusts: providing advise on whether or not a Trust can be suitable in your business and financial circumstances.
- Tax Efficiency: identifying the most appropriate investment strategy for the certain tax regimes.
- Other Services: Assisting in other areas, including establishment of personal banking facilities, property purchase and financing, life cover, disability insurance, frozen pension transfers; medical insurance; wills; corporate pension plans.

Tuesday, March 6, 2007

Global Forest Services, Inc.

Industry: Forestry, Business Services

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Palm Grove House,
PO Box 438
Road Town, Tortola,
BVI

Incorporation year: 2004

About the BVI company:

The Global Forest Services Group (GFS) is an independent organization providing market oriented solutions for improving forest management and the sustainability of forest-based industries, as well as verifying systems to trace raw material and wood products through the supply chain within programmes.

GFS was established in 2004 by one of the most experienced teams of forest and timber industry auditors in SE Asia. The basic staff of GFS is comprised of 4 members, all of them with over 6 years of forest auditing experience. GFS also works in close association with a number of other companies and institutions.

GFS has worked with more than 50 private sector clients, MTCC, the Forest Department of Malaysia, WWF (World Wide Fund for Nature), TNC (The Nature Conservancy), CIFOR (The Centre for International Forest Research) AFP (The Asian Forest Partnership), and the UNDP.

Currently the Global Forest Services Group consists of GFS Inc and GFS (Malaysia) Sdn. Bhd and GFS Thailand Pte Ltd. The company also has plans for affiliate companies in Indonesia, China, Guyana and Brazil.

GFS's purpose is work with all sections of the supply chain, including forest managers, processors, manufacturers, and retailers. The Group provides technical assistance to members of the forest and timber industry, through full forest and chain of custody certification through FSC or MTCC, or through the WWF Global Forest and Trade Network system. GFS also provides client specific programmes to address particular market needs for an individual consignment or for a given customer.

GFS recent initiatives included: reduction of impact logging, providing timber for tsunami reconstruction, work through the supply chain, regional policies to tackle illegal logging.

Wednesday, February 28, 2007

Compass Travel Club Ltd

Industry: Tourism

Main business locations: Russia, Ukraine, Thailand, Spain, Kazakhstan, Estonia, Cyprus, Egypt

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 146,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: December 20, 2002

BVI company registration number: 525118

About the BVI company:

Compass Travel Club is a company incorporated in the British Virgin Islands and offering travel agent services in the resorts of Spain, Cyprus, Egypt, UAE, Austria, Turkey, India, Portugal, Tunisia, Croatia, etc.

Company's partners are located in the countries of Europe, Russia, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Thailand.

Compass Travel Club has offices in Moscow (Russia), Punta Cana (Dominican), Hurghada and Sharm-El-Sheikh (Egypt), Larnaca (Cyprus).

Friday, February 23, 2007

Farnel Capital

Industry: Software Development

Registered Office:
P.O. Box 3321,
Road Town,
Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Farnel Capital offers web-site development for maritime and transport companies, as well as completed software solutions. The company provides services on an Internet-resource development to the companies engaged in the sea transportations. Company's prospects include marine agencies, transport and forwarding companies.

The BVI company offers extensive opportunities on business expansion for sea container shipping and inland transportation. The main site service is presented by the Internet freight exchange, system for posting, searching and sending requests on cargo transportation and open transport offers.

Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Bonso Electronics International Inc.

Industry: Electronics

Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:

P.O. Box 71,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1980

BVI company registration number: 9032

Listed on: NASDAQ
Ticker: BNSO

Financial highlights:
Sales (2004): USD 74,706,725
Net Income (2004): USD 2,268,610
Assets (2004): USD 53,598,445

Bankers:
Hang Seng Bank Ltd.
Standard Chartered Bank (HK) Ltd.
The Hongkong and Shanghai Banking Corporation Limited
DBS Bank (Hong Kong) Limited

Auditors: PricewaterhouseCoopers

Legal Advisors on BVI law: Harney Westwood & Riegels

About the BVI company:

Bonso Electronics Limited was incorporated as manufacturer of electronics weighing scales and balances. Together with its subsidiaries, the company designs, develops, produces and sells electronic sensor-based and wireless products.

In the last years, through the adoption of full vertical integration of its production and marketing facilities Bonso Electronics has been transformed from a typical OEM (Original Equipment Manufacturer) company to an international corporation developing both ODM (Original Design Manufacturer) and OBM (Original Brand Manufacturer) business.

This vertical integration has been strengthened by the acquisition of Korona Haushaltswaren GmbH & Co. KG, of Germany in 2001 and of Gram Precision Inc. of Canada in 2002.

Bonso Electronics is headquartered in Hong Kong, but company's production is centered at the 600,000 square foot manufacturing plant in China. This facility was completed in 1998, employs about 3,000 workers.

Friday, February 16, 2007

PlayTech Limited

Industry: Online gaming; Software development
Main business locations: Worldwide

Registered Office:
Playtech Ltd
Trident Chambers
Road Town
Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation date: 12 September, 2002

Listed on: London Stock Exchange
Ticker: PTEC

Financial highlights:
Sales (2005) : $47.6
Operating profits (2005) : $35. 6 million

Auditors: BDO Stoy Hayward LLP

About the BVI company:

Playtech is the publicly traded online gaming software supplier offering value-added solutions to the online gaming industry's top operators. The company designs, develops and deploys unified software platforms for the online gaming industry.

Among Playtech's clients there are GoldenPalace.com, Sunny Group, Hard Rock Casino, Sports Interaction, Christchurch Casinos, the Action Online Group. There are also such successful brands as casinotropez.com, clubdicecasino.com, BetWWTS.com and SportsInterAction. Operators working with Playtech can choose to license the gaming software on their own.

Currently the company is focused on Asia and Europe. Playtech's clients in the UK include such household names as bet365, the Tote, Betfred, and the Leisure and Gaming group.

Sunday, February 11, 2007

Reverse International Limited

Industry: Telecommunications

Main business locations: Australia

Registered Office:

Beaufort House,
PO Box 438,
Road Town, Tortola,
British Virgin Islands

About the BVI company:

Reverse International Limited provides 8000 Reverse as the way to call reverse charge to Australia. One number given allows to call Australia reverse charge from most phones from most overseas destinations.

Reverse International Limited also supplies its Credit Card Calling Service.

Tuesday, February 6, 2007

General Enterprise Management Services Limited (GEMS)

Industry: Financial Services

Main business locations: Asia Pacific region

Registered Office:
Omar Hodge Building
Wickhams Cay I
P.O. Box 362
Road Town, Tortola
British Virgin Islands

Incorporation year: 1998

Financial highlights:
Funds under management (2005): US$650 million

Main institutional investors:
AIG, GE Capital, Spectrum Value Management, Hutchison Whampoa, Dubai Investment Authority, Japan Tobacco, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Richemont

About the BVI company:

General Enterprise Management Services Limited (GEMS) was founded in 1998 by Simon Murray as an independent investment company just for management of private equity funds. Now it is a private equity fund management group that manages the GEMS Funds (I, II and III), which in its turn make direct investments in the Asia Pacific region. Funds under management in these three Funds total over US$650 million, representing capital commitments from corporate clients, prominent family offices and select individual investors from around the world.

GEMS provides outstanding returns to its investor base, which includes private investors and major multinational institutions such as AIG, GE Capital, Spectrum Value Management, Hutchison Whampoa, Dubai Investment Authority, Japan Tobacco, Mitsui, Mitsubishi, Richemont and others.

GEMS Funds have committed to more than 26 deals over seven years at a total value of approximately US$450 million. GEMS I has already made gross distributions totaling over US$252 million.