The Bahamas Investor

...ng Congratulations on the start of another Accountant’s Week. I pray that you will have a successful period of networking, learning and fun (yes Accountants can have fun)! Read/download his full comments here: BICA OPENING REMARKS – Accountants Week (183 kB) BICA Accountants Month 2019 Booklet (50.3 MB)......

...r and Auction to be held on March 26 at the Sheraton Resort. Over the last five years, the event has raised $1.9 million in donations. To download a PDF of the complete report click here.......

...Indications are that The Bahamas’ domestic economic activity remained mildly positive in October, following the passage of Hurricane Dorian, according to the latest economic report from The Central Bank of The Bahamas . Specifically, tourism output was supported by gains in the New Providence market and the unaffected Family Islands. Read/download the full report here: Monthly Economic and Financial Developments October 2019......

...Minister for Grand Bahama Kwasi Thompson delivered a keynote address at the recent ID Cyber Security Conference held in The Bahamas. “It is predicted that 38.6 billion devices will be connected by 2025, and 50 billion by 2030. In 2019, the number of devices connected is more than twice the size of the world population. Let this sink in.” Read/download his full address here: CYBERSECURITY SPEECH, MINISTER J KWASI THOMPSON......

...r. Attorney, President of the Bahamas Bar Association and members of Bar Council, Counsel and Attorneys, invited guests, ladies and gentlemen. Read/download the full report here: SPEECH BY CHIEF JUSTICE BRIAN M. MOREE......

...atest provisional fiscal data in the Fourth Quarter Report on Budgetary Performance for FY2018/19. (Infographics courtesy Ministry of Finance) “This is significant in our fiscal history and is evidence that we are serious and determined to put our fiscal house in order, and committed to achieving a more sustainable fiscal position. As we have consistently maintained, our ultimate goal is to achieve sustainable economic growth that allows opportuni......

...The Bahamas Financial Services Board will host a workshop on financial crimes enforcement, compliance and risk mitigation. The event takes place at the in Nassau at the British Colonial Hilton February 19 at 8:30am-5:00pm. Read/download more about the event here: BFSB Financial Crimes Enforcement Workshop......

...lective strength of the balance sheets of deposit-taking institutions; reinforcing the role that foreign exchange buffers provide for recoveries and boosting the resilience of household balance sheets.” “As the public finances improve, so will resiliency prospects, as would initiatives to reduce disaster risk exposures for tourism assets. “A central bank digital currency, as encapsulated in the Project Sand Dollar initiative will also promote the......

...View or download the Government press release regarding The Phase 1 Peer Review Report of The Bahamas.......

...Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar addressed the media January 23 in Nassau announcing record breaking figures in visitor arrivals to The Bahamas in 2019. Pictured: Members of the media listen to Minister of Tourism and Aviation Dionisio D’Aguilar’s address January 23. (BIS Photos/Kemuel Stubbs) Read/download his comments here: Record Breaking Numbers (89kB)......

...Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest brought remarks at the launch of the Credit Bureau at the British Colonial Hilton January 24. Read the remarks by Deputy Prime Minister Peter Turnquest for the CRIF-led project, 24 January 2020. Read/download his full address here: Credit Bureau Launch – Remarks by DPM Peter Turnquest (73kB)......

...Deputy Prime Minister and Minister of Finance Peter Turnquest delivered the Supplementary Budget Statement in the House of Assembly on Wednesday, January 29, 2020 concerning the tabling of appropriations and borrowing resolutions. Read/download the full address here: 2019/20 SUPPLEMENTARY BUDGET STATEMENT......

...oint, noting some convergance. The 10-year and 20-year tenors continue to display the greatest basis point gains vis-à-vis mid-2019 and prior. Read/download the complete first brief of 2020 here: Market Brief Jan 2020......

...Read/download the full update here: NEMA MORNING UDPATE (682kB)......

...au, 28 August 2019. Here follow his remarks: Good Morning. I wish to begin by commending the Director of the FIU, and his team, for organising this timely and most useful public-public partnership forum this morning. I am advised that this is the first gathering of its kind, at least in recent times, where all the key stakeholders of the AML/CFT regime have gathered in one place to discuss issues of critical importance, but more importantly to str......