Mauritius: Financial Services

A Mauritius Global Treasury Activities Licence allows multinational groups to centralise treasury operations such as cash management, group financing, foreign exchange risk and liquidity management in one jurisdiction. For businesses operating across Africa, it can improve financial oversight, strengthen governance, simplify banking relationships and, where conditions are met, provide valuable tax incentives.

The Mauritius Budget 2026/27 introduces major reforms to strengthen the country’s international financial centre, attract global investment and support business growth. Key measures include a new Golden Visa programme, changes to the Work and Live Scheme, fintech regulation, tax reforms, manufacturing incentives and enhanced compliance frameworks.

The Mauritius National Budget 2026/2027, presented under the theme "For A Future Ready Economy," outlines a comprehensive vision for economic transformation through strategic measures in financial services, taxation, and digital innovation. This budget brief provides detailed analysis of key policy announcements affecting investment, business facilitation, and regulatory frameworks that position Mauritius as a competitive International Financial Centre.

Mauritius has earned globalrecognition forits swift and determined reforms in AntiMoney Laundering and Countering the Financing of Terrorism (AML/CFT).

At Axis, we go beyond ticking boxes—combining Mauritian regulatory requirements with global best practices to deliver thorough, insight-driven screening.

The 2025-2026 Mauritius National Budget which has been themed ‘Abyss to Prosperity', presents a roadmap for economic revitalisation, fiscal prudence, and institutional reform.

The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2024 was gazetted on 27 July 2024. It legislates the measures announced in the Minister of Finance's Budget Speech 2024-2025.

In the second part of this series, we consider the key changes that the Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 proposes to bring to the global business and financial services sectors. To receive our summary of the legislation when it is enacted in a few weeks.

The Finance (Miscellaneous Provisions) Bill 2024 will be formally introduced at the National Assembly this Thursday 18 July 2024. The object of the Bill is to provide for the implementation...