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Captives scholarship recipients named
Wednesday, May 13th, 2015 | Filed Under: News & Press...e captives sector and the financial services industry as a whole. Pictured: (seated) Recipients Rashanna Thompson and Yolanda Moss; (standing, from left) Dr Rhonda Chipman-Johnson, coordinator of the Bahamas Insurance Association BIA; Aliya Allen, CEO, BFSB; Yvette Ingraham, president of the Insurance Institute of The Bahamas (IIB); and Carl Culmer, analyst (ICB). Selection Committee member not pictured is Donna Nguyen-Comito, senior consultant at......
Shipowners urged to use Bahamas for captives
Friday, November 22nd, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...ical business perspective on captives. Pictured: Panelists (in addition to Aliya Allen) included Ryan Pinder, Michele Fields, and Lorraine Stack. (Photos courtesy Bahamas Financial Services Board) BSA’s 200 members are owners from various nations and shipping sectors including ferry and short-sea vessels, cruise ships, reefers, high quality tankers and operators of dry bulk carriers. BMA, which provides secretariat services for the association, we......
BFSB targets Swiss, LatAm markets
Tuesday, May 26th, 2015 | Filed Under: News & Press...ank & Trust, Equity Bank & Trust, and Windermere Corporate Management. CEO Allen says all of the events will see participation by a number of BFSB member firms with Landfall Mexico expected to attract the greatest interest by member firms in terms of attendance and sponsorship. “As the second largest economy in Latin America, Mexico offers untapped business opportunities for Bahamian wealth and asset management service providers,” says Allen. “We......
BFSB bids farewell to outgoing CEO
Thursday, December 10th, 2015 | Filed Under: News & Press...a fitting gift as that issue of The Bahamas Investor was just months after Allen had assumed the position of CEO and executive director, and an honour that she held dear to her heart. Dupuch recalls that early interview with Allen, indicating that even though new in the position, the youngest CEO of BFSB presented the professional demeanour and a positive attitude one normally would associate with a veteran of the industry. “I was impressed by thi......
BFSB CEO to speak at FT summit
Monday, November 19th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...of international business, finance and investment professionals,” said Ms. Allen. “The Summit provides a high profile opportunity to present our clear and distinct advantages as an international financial centre to an audience which has significant decision-making influence.” Several hundred senior executives and other finance, business and investment professionals will be in attendance at the conference. BFSB’s participation in the FT’s Summit re......
Immigration Minister meets with private sector
Wednesday, May 8th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...n ; Robert Sands representing the Bahamas Hotel Employers Association; and Aliya Allen with the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) . The parties agreed to work together to: undertake a skills needs assessment to help guide training; improve the current work permit review and approval process; strengthen communication between the Department and companies; and improve company awareness regarding procedures required to apply for short-term or lo......
BFSB’s Bahamas Landfall tours Europe
Friday, June 29th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...d. ” The event in London was attended by around 100 leading international financial services providers, lawyers and wealth managers. From left: Commodore Davy Rolle, director and CEO, Bahamas Maritime Authority; Ian Fair, chairman, Bahamas Maritime Authority; Aliya Allen, CEO & executive director, Bahamas Financial Services Board; Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services; Paul Winder, chairman, Bahamas Financial Services Board. The Bahamas dele......
Deltec wins BFSB Appreciation Award
Monday, December 14th, 2015 | Filed Under: News & Press...ec Bank & Trust Ltd with its 2015 BFSB Appreciation Award. Former BFSB CEO Aliya Allen says the award was introduced in 2014 as a means of showing appreciation to member firms that have made outstanding contribution to the organization. “In recent years, and particularly in 2015, Deltec has sponsored and participated in virtually every event in BFSB’s external communications and marketing calendar. This has included our signature Landfall events a......
BFSB announces new board of directors
Monday, October 1st, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...ors must be change agents, fully grounded in business practices,” he said. Aliya Allen, in her CEO’s report, spoke to BFSB’s mandate of industry development and the important roles both “big” and “small” development continues to play as the organization strives to fulfill both this critical directive and its key promotional mandate. “BFSB has over the years proven that it is an effective tool for both government and BFSB members to effect real imp......
Bahamas represented at LatAm wealth forum
Wednesday, October 30th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...the presentation and throughout the networking sessions that followed. CEO Aliya Allen noted “SMART Funds have provided such a smart flexible solution that families want to administer their own funds. The unique features of Bahamas funds generally elicited a lot of interest and questions.” Minister Ryan also took the opportunity to speak about Bahamas deliberations on FATCA, described as a game changer, and the success that The Bahamas has had in......
Bahamas participates at RIMS conference
Monday, May 6th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...inues to grow globally, we are better positioned to address risks that transcend national boundaries.” More than 10,000 delegates participated in RIMS 2013. The Bahamas delegation consisted of Aliya Allen and Janelle Sands from BFSB and superintendent Michele Fields of the ICB, accompanied by Patrice McDonald and Kimberly Kemp-Rolle, also of the ICB.......
ICON launched at BFSB events in Brazil
Friday, August 29th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...le Neville-Clarke (Lennox Paton), Edgar Fernandez (RBC Wealth Management), Aliya Allen (Bahamas Financial Services Board), Brandace Duncanson (Ministry of Financial Services), David Munoz (Deltec Bank & Trust Limited), Linda Beidler-D’Aguilar (Graham Thompson), Sharon Stuart-LaFleur (Julius Baer Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd.), Jeremy Proffitt (RBC Wealth Management), Patrick Feuz (Julius Baer Bank & Trust (Bahamas) Ltd.), Janelle Sands (Bahamas Fina......
BFSB, ICB to attend major insurance conference
Wednesday, April 16th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...The Bahamas,” she says. “That message is beginning to resonate strongly, translating to more and more enquiries and steady growth and development of our captives sector.” Pictured: Aliya Allen (left), BFSB’s chief executive officer and executive director and ICB’s superintendent, Michele Fields. (Photo courtesy BFSB)......
Working together in financial services
Monday, July 1st, 2013 | Filed Under: Features...at is the current state of the financial services industry in The Bahamas? Aliya Allen: We have reached a state of stability in the last year or so and the outlook is improving. I think that we are on the cusp of a very dynamic period for financial services. As a jurisdiction, we have a lot of advantages and we market these accordingly, such as political stability, legislation and expertise. More important is the fact that we are a well diversifie......
New board of directors elected at BFSB 2014 AGM
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...the introduction of the ICON in recent months, and spoke to the ongoing challenge of creating value while servicing a diverse membership. Allen identified several factors that will be critical for the success of the financial services industry going forward: business efficacy, regulation, industry engagement and cooperation among key stakeholders including the government and the regulators, as well as a sound financial services policy framework,......