The Bahamas Investor

...ons to annex II, which cites jurisdictions that have undertaken sufficient commitments to reform their tax policies. Implementation of their commitments will be carefully monitored by the working group responsible for the listing process (‘code of conduct group’). The decision was taken at a meeting of the Economic and Financial Affairs Council, without discussion. As a result, 7 jurisdictions remain on the list of non-cooperative jurisdictions: A......

...The government has released the Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 2018/2019. This is to supplement the Budget Communication in Parliament delivered by Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest yesterday. Read/download the estimates here: Draft Estimates of Revenue and Expenditure 2018-19......

...Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest presented the 2018/2019 Budget Communication in the House of Assembly yesterday. His address centred upon ‘Implementing the Government’s Policy Agenda and Securing Core Fiscal Objectives.’ Read/download the Budget Communication 2018/2019 here:  COMMONWEALTH OF THE BAHAMAS 2018/19 BUDGET COMMUNICATION......

...Prime Minister Dr Hubert Minnis delivered his budget 2018/19 contribution in the House of Assembly June 18, 2018. Read the full contribution here. Read/download the full contribution here: CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2018-2019 BUDGET BY DR.THE HON. HUBERT MINNIS, MP, PRIME MINISTER......

...Minister of Financial Services, Immigration, Trade and Industry Brent Symonette delivered his budget contribution in the House of Assembly June 13, 2018. Read/download the full contribution here: CONTRIBUTION TO THE 2018-2019 BUDGET BY THE HON. BRENT SYMONETTE......

...to increased short-term financing to the Government; however, external reserves contracted, attributed in part to the seasonal uptick in foreign currency demand during the holiday period, combined with public sector net foreign currency debt payments. Read/download the full report here: MEFD May 2018 Source: Central Bank of The Bahamas.......

...Prime Minister The Commonwealth of The Bahamas Dr Hubert Minnis addressed the United Nations High-Level Political Forum on Sustainable Development in New York July 18, 2018. Read/download his full speech here: Transformation towards Sustainable and Resilient Societies | Localizing the SDGs......

...r. GPBA President Ian Rolle said: “I believe that this is an excellent way for the company to communicate more efficiently and will allow myself, along with the other managers, to create initiatives and changes to create the best possible work environment.” Rolle said the data collected by TinyPulse would be used to build a better company culture within GBPA by valuing employees’ feedback and ensuring that they are heard. TinyPulse is the latest s......

...reased tax receipts supported the decline in the government’s deficit during the first half of FY2018/2019. In monetary developments, both banking liquidity and external reserves expanded in January 2019, buoyed by net foreign currency inflows from tourism-related activity. Read/download the Central Bank’s full Monthly Economic and Financial Developments report for January 2019 here: MEFD January 2019 (2MB)......

...o are most financially successful in the group have three key qualities in common: They report energy levels that are 80 per cent higher than the Futurewealthy average; They focus 60 per cent of that energy on innovation; They also recognize the importance of taking responsibility for others on their path to success. • They identify Bill Gates, Richard Branson and Steve Jobs as the world’s most successful people. They regard Apple (65 per cent) an......

...e Supplementary Hurricane Dorian Budget, future quarterly performance reports for the fiscal year will report performance against those revised estimates. Read/download the combined report here: Combined First Six Months Fiscal Snapshot And Report (2 MB)......

...View or download the Monthly Economic and Financial Developments report for February.......

...fit Organisations”. The conference was jointly hosted by the Jamaica Bankers Association (JBA ) and the Jamaica Institute of Financial Services (JIFS ). Read/download a complete copy of Pinder’s presentation here: Data Protection and Privacy (2MB)......

...Domestic economic developments, according to the latest report by The Central Bank of The Bahamas , remained healthy through August. However, this pre-dates the passage of Hurricane Dorian which caused extensive damages to private and public sector infrastructure in Grand Bahama and Abaco. Read/download the full report here: Monthly Economic and Financial Developments August 2019......

...Dr Hubert Minnis’s address at the official ground-breaking ceremony for the new US Embassy in Nassau October 8, 2019. (BIS Photos/Eric Rose)......