The Bahamas Investor

...e. Prime Minister Minnis led a delegation to the conference which included Minister of Foreign Affairs, the Hon. Darren Henfield; Minister of Tourism, the Hon. Dionisio D’Aguilar; The Bahamas Ambassador to CARICOM, His Excellency Reuben Rahming; Executive Chairman, Water & Sewerage Corporation Mr. Adrian Gibson, MP; Senior Policy Advisor, Mr. Joshua Sears; COO of the Prime Minister’s Delivery Unit, Mrs. Viana Gardiner; and Director General, Minist......

...d a Bahamas Roundtable on the opening day. Panelists included: The Hon. L. Ryan Pinder, M.P., Minister of Financial Services Timothy Colclough, Deputy Chairman, Bahamas Financial Services Board Aliya Allen, CEO, Bahamas Financial Services Board The Presentation focused on LatAm markets of particular interest and the trends that are being observed in respect to regional interaction with this jurisdiction; the concerns that LatAm corporates, individ......

...igh-quality business. We have a good reputation that we want to maintain.” Ryan Pinder (left), minister of financial services would like to see Chinese financial institutions establish a presence in The Bahamas to help facilitate the flow of capital from Asia into the Americas. “With our diplomatic relations, we are best placed in this hemisphere,” he said. “Being independent, we can legislate for ourselves and create our own policies and that put......

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...rd party for export to Colombia 14 barges where we will provide management services for a new river operation and we completed an arbitration related to an underperformance of an iron ore contract for which we received a settlement of $5.3 million. Felipe Menéndez, Ultrapetrol’s President and Chief Executive Officer, said, “During 2011, quarter by quarter, we made progress implementing our growth strategy as we took delivery of a number of the ass......

...ng together leading professionals in the finance sector to discuss the way forward for the financial services industry. BIFS executive director Kim Bodie explains further: Q: Can you tell us about the forum and its aims? A: The World Conference of Banking Institutes is a biennial event that brings together officials from the financial sector and personnel from financial training institutes worldwide. The first such forum was held in 1975 in Edinbu......

...should be important factors when considering a wealth management plan. The financial services industry in The Bahamas is staffed and managed by a large pool of experienced professionals. With personnel committed to the local community, the client may be confident that continuity of service, which lies at the heart of the successful professional relationship, will be more predictable than in locations largely dependent upon imported skills. Moreove......

...in 2007. The Bank moved to its brand new state-of-the-art facilities at Lyford Financial Centre Lyford Cay No 2 in November 2008. Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild is satisfied that in The Bahamas it has found a partner that understands the needs of a highly sophisticated clientele. Bio Gian Fadri Pinösch Gian Fadri Pinösch has been the managing director and chief executive officer of Banque Privée Edmond de Rothschild Ltd in Nassau since 2001.......

...published. The Bahamas has a clear strategy on how to move forward in the financial services industry, in the face of new regulations and pressure from the international community. In the newest edition of The Bahamas Investor, Tanya McCartney, CEO of the Bahamas Financial Services Board, explains just how industry leaders tend to maintain the country’s position as a premier international financial centre and plot a course for further success. Cl......

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...ahamas Investor about the current investment climate and the future of the financial services industry in The Bahamas. Q: How is the financial services sector in The Bahamas holding up given the economic uncertainties of the last 18 months? A: You have to take into account both the domestic and the offshore environments. On the domestic side, performance has fared well. It is adequately capitalized, with significant liquidity. While its portfolio......

...BICA representative on this very important initiative as it sets the stage for reform as envisaged by the IDB IFMIS project. The target date for completion is also the end of March. The concept paper would provide the blueprint for reform of the Government’s reporting of its fiscal results in a professional and non-partisan manner. This is very important in a world where national governments are under close scrutiny from international ratings agen......

...or’s (S&P) is satisfied that The Bahamas will continue to be an attractive financial services jurisdiction following the change in government. “Given the previous experience of the FNM’s leader, Hubert Ingraham, who headed the government of The Bahamas between 1992 and 2002, Standard & Poor’s does not expect any major delays related to a ‘transition’ period, as all major issues on the political agenda are familiar to the FNM,” said a statement rel......

..., which achieved record attendance in 2016; the launch of the highly-rated Financial Services Bootcamp; and holding the 3rd annual AIBT Regulators Forum this June. The Association also continued to build on strong partnerships with other industry bodies. Over the past year AIBT partnered with BFSB on the International Business & Finance Summit held in January 2017 in Freeport, Grand Bahama; collaborated with BFSB, BICA, BACO, STEP and Bahamas Insu......

...professionals to be successful unless they are mentored,” says Minister of Financial Services Hope Strachan who credits president of the Senate Sharon Wilson with being an early inspiration when she taught her in the second grade. “Mentoring is very important because financial services requires excellence. It requires people to be educated and knowledgeable about a specialized area. I have been mentored to get where I am today.” Mentoring in the w......