**Pictet Bank & Trust Limited** is offering a four (4) year Scholarship for a Bahamian student to attend the College of the Bahamas – specifically, for the Banking/ Finance Bachelor’s Degree Programme. Pictet recently presented a $30,000 cheque to the COB’s Endowment Fund. Pictet Bank & Trust Limited was established in The Bahamas in 1978, and these activities are part of the financial institution’s 30th Anniversary activities this year.

Interested students should contact the Human Resources Manager at Pictet. The deadline for applications is May 23, 2008.

Founded in 1805 in Geneva, Parent Company **Pictet & Cie** is today one of Switzerland’s largest private banks, and one of the premier independent asset management specialists in Europe, with over CHF 428 billion (USD 378 / EUR 260) in assets under management and custody as at end-December 2007. Pictet has established its presence in leading financial marketplaces around the world. The four banks of the Pictet Group – Geneva (Switzerland) Luxembourg, Nassau (Bahamas) and Singapore – and the nineteen offices worldwide provide clients with the opportunity to open their accounts in the location best suited to their own personal requirements.