Offshore & Special Jurisdictions

These are not places one moves to so much as places through which one structures. Each has its specialty — funds in Cayman, trusts in Jersey, captives in Bermuda — and each demands a serious advisor before it is engaged.

The cities, ranked.

#	City	Banking	Tax	Residency	Family Office	Privacy	Composite
1	George Town Cayman Islands	92	98	78	88	92	86
2	Hamilton Bermuda	86	92	72	82	88	83
3	Saint Helier Jersey	86	92	72	82	88	81
4	Road Town Virgin Islands, British	88	98	72	82	92	80
5	Douglas Isle of Man	82	92	72	78	88	79
6	Nassau Bahamas	82	92	78	72	82	79
7	Apia Samoa	—	—	—	—	—	—
8	Avarua Cook Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
9	Basseterre Saint Kitts and Nevis	—	—	—	—	—	—
10	Belmopan Belize	—	—	—	—	—	—
11	Bridgetown Barbados	—	—	—	—	—	—
12	Castries Saint Lucia	—	—	—	—	—	—
13	Cockburn Town Turks and Caicos Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
14	Funafuti Tuvalu	—	—	—	—	—	—
15	Gibraltar Gibraltar	—	—	—	—	—	—
16	Kingston Jamaica	—	—	—	—	—	—
17	Kingstown Saint Vincent and the Grenadines	—	—	—	—	—	—
18	Macau Macao	—	—	—	—	—	—
19	Majuro Marshall Islands	—	—	—	—	—	—
20	Oranjestad Aruba	—	—	—	—	—	—
21	Port Louis Mauritius	—	—	—	—	—	—
22	Port-Vila Vanuatu	—	—	—	—	—	—
23	Roseau Dominica	—	—	—	—	—	—
24	Saint George's Grenada	—	—	—	—	—	—
25	Saint John’s Antigua and Barbuda	—	—	—	—	—	—
26	Saint Peter Port Guernsey	—	—	—	—	—	—
27	The Valley Anguilla	—	—	—	—	—	—
28	Victoria Seychelles	—	—	—	—	—	—
29	Willemstad Curaçao	—	—	—	—	—	—
30	Yaren Nauru	—	—	—	—	—	—

All scores 0–100. Composite is a weighted aggregate of banking, tax, residency, luxury, internationality, privacy and family-office presence.