Last week Prime Minister Perry G. Christie announced the appointment of a new Board for the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB). Noting that the securities industry represents an important … Read More
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Business Student of the Year
Ethel M. Bain-Turner College of the Bahamas graduate Ethel M. Bain-Turner is the recipient of BFSB’s Business Student of the Year Award. A teacher, Mrs. Bain-Turner has experience both on … Read More
Bahamas Financial Legislation – A Model
The Security Council Counter-Terrorism Committee (CTC) of the United Nations was established under UN Resolution 1373 following the 9/11 terrorist attacks against the United States. Under this Resolution, participating states … Read More
U.S. International Tax Reform Proposal: Corporate Inversion Still At Issue
William Thomas, Chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, is trying to fix the provisions of the tax code that make it difficult for U.S.-based companies to compete in … Read More
Streamlining KYC Rules For Real Estate Transactions
Addressing a local service club on Thursday of this week, the President of the Bahamas Real Estate Association said that during consultations with the new government ministry responsible for investments … Read More
Twenty-Five New Financiers of Terror Designated
U.S. Treasury Secretary Paul O’Neill has said that the September 23rd US Presidential Executive Order made it plain that those who underwrite violence bear equal culpability to those who perpetrate … Read More
Oceanic Bank – Barbados Acquisition
**Oceanic Bank Acquires Trust and Corporate Management Business in Barbados** Oceanic Bank and Trust Limited, a progressive private wealth management bank headquartered in Nassau, The Bahamas, has taken a further … Read More
Tax Competition – A Liberalising Force In The World Economy
In a Strategic Memorandum issued today, the Washington-based Centre for Freedom and Prosperity points out that its ongoing battle for tax competition is not an effort to preserve America’s competitive … Read More
Technical Degrees Continue To Command High Salaries
Beta Research Corp. recently interviewed more than 450 hiring managers and job seekers in the New York metropolitan region. The exercise was geared at identifying current trends in on-campus recruiting … Read More
CARICOM Heads Conclude Meeting
Returning from the CARICOM Heads of Government meeting in St. Lucia, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance the Hon. Perry G. Christie last night described the special meeting called to … Read More