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.

Jurisdictions in this region

Bermuda 1 city
Bahamas 1 city
Isle of Man 1 city
Jersey 1 city
Cayman Islands 1 city
Virgin Islands, British 1 city

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

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