The Treasury Department, the Internal Revenue Service and tax officials from nine states plan to announce the details of a new agreement between state and federal tax officials to fight … Read More
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FirstCaribbean Technology Upgrades: The Bahamas Is IT Centre
FirstCaribbean International’s CEO Charles Pink has announced that one of two telephone banking centres to be introduced by the institution will be located in The Bahamas. This, he said, would … Read More
BISX: Mutual Funds Listings
This past week, the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) announced the listing of four new mutual funds: · Premier Commercial Real Estate Investment Company Limited (PRE) · The Colina MSI … Read More
DOHA Trade Round: New Proposal From IMF
Anne O. Krueger First Deputy Managing Director International Monetary Fund Addressing delegates at the Fifth WTO Ministerial Conference in Cancún, Mexico this week, the IMF’s Anne Krueger offered support for … Read More
2003 Financial Student of the Year Finalist
**Talia A. Sweeting (BBA-Accounting)** *”Loyal – demonstrates commitment to the organisation and team.”* Currently employed as a Cooperative Student/Client Accounting with Deloitte & Touche, Ms. Sweeting plans to sit the … Read More
Combatting Terrorist Financing
**FATF Leads International Efforts to Combat Terrorist Financing** On the eve of the anniversary of the September 11 terrorist attacks, the Financial Action Task Force (FATF) today in Paris issued … Read More
Bahamian Law Firm Joins ILN
Law firm Halsbury Chambers has been admitted to membership in the International Lawyers Network. ILN is an association of 85 high-quality, full-service law firms with over 4,200 lawyers world wide. … Read More
Council of Legal Education Workshop
The Bahamas Financial Services Board in collaboration with the Eugene Dupuch Law School will host a workshop on *”Confidentiality and Legal Professional Privilege Issues in Offshore Finance and Financial Transaction … Read More
New Domestic Insurance Act
The Insurance Institute of the Bahamas (IIB) will present a workshop on “The Implications of the Proposed Domestic Insurance Act”, on Thursday the 18th September. Main Presenter will be Dr. … Read More
CF&P Tax Competition Conference: OECD Challenged To Participate
The Washington, DC-based Center for Freedom and Prosperity (CF&P) announced today that it will host a Tax Competition Conference in Ottawa on Monday, October 13th. The one-day event is scheduled … Read More