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Advantages of Operating in Mauritius

·         Availability of legal, accounting, finance professionals and highly credible banking institutions with global links

·         Political stability guaranteed by a parliamentary democracy based on the Westminster model

·         An efficiently regulated financial services center committed to investors framework modelled on the industry’s “best practice rule” and compliant to internationally accepted norms of supervision including those of the Basic Committee on Banking Supervision

·         A committed jurisdiction cooperative with such organizations as OECD, FATF and the UN which is an added attraction to businesses all over the globe engaged in cross-border investments and trading

·         Strategic time zone (GMT +4) – business can be transacted with the Far East in the morning, Europe around midday and with the US in the late afternoon

·         A pool of young, dynamic and computer literate professionals bilingual in English and French

·         A strong and well diversified economy with a well established sugar industry, up-market tourism, a thriving export oriented manufacturing base and a fast expanding business services sector

·         A hybrid legal system based on English and French laws. The highest Court of Appeal is the Privy Council of the UK

·         It is sovereign and independent.

·         Membership of the International Court of Justice, the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes (ICSID) and the Multilateral Investment Guarantee Agency (MIGA)

·         Living and administrative costs are relatively low

·         Guaranteed confidentiality for those engaged in legitimate business through express statutory provisions and customary laws governing relationships between banks and customers and between professionals and clients

·         Frequent air links to major European, African and Asian cities

·         State-of-the art communication facilities such as digital, mobile and virtual telephony, ISDN, Internet access and video conferencing facilities. Connected to SAFE (South Africa Far East) fibre optic network

·         Membership of various regional organizations such as the Southern African Development Community (SADC), the Indian Ocean Rim Association for Regional Cooperation (IOR-ARC), and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) Mauritius is also a member of the British Commonwealth and is associated to the European Union as an African-Caribbean-Pacific (ACP) state. It is also a member of the United Nations and its agencies

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