The Commonwealth Business Forum was launched in London this week at the headquarters of the Commonwealth Secretariat. The Business Forum takes place in Malta on November 24-26, 2015, and is … Read More
International Issues
Seychelles Deepens Commitment to Fight Offshore Tax Avoidance and Evasion
The OECD has reported that today the Seychelles became the 85th signatory of the [Multilateral Convention on Mutual Administrative Assistance in Tax Matters](http://www.oecd.org/ctp/exchange-of-tax-information/conventiononmutualadministrativeassistanceintaxmatters.htm). The signing of the Convention represents another … Read More
The Bahamas Again Tops 10 Most Popular Caribbean Private Jet Destinations
XOJET, a leading private aviation services company, has provided [data](http://blog.xojet.com/travel-booking-and-tips/top-10-most-popular-caribbean-destinations/) on the firm’s 10 most popular destinations in the wider Caribbean region for the last winter season, and The Bahamas … Read More
ACP Council Ministers 100th Session
An historic 100th Session of the [ACP Council of Ministers](http://www.acp.int/) took place in Brussels, Belgium from 9-12 December, 2014. Ministers from the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States engaged … Read More
CARTAC Reports on Regional Support for Economic and Financial Reforms
The Steering Committee of the International Monetary Fund’s Caribbean Regional Technical Assistance Center (CARTAC) welcomed the progress of the Center in scaling-up the delivery of technical assistance (TA) since the … Read More
G20 Setting an Agenda for Growth
The G20 [Leaders’ Summit](https://www.g20.org/australia_2014/leaders_summit) was held on 15 and 16 November in Brisbane, Queensland. Australian Prime Minister Tony Abbott hailed the G20 summit as a *”weekend of achievement”*. He said … Read More
Bahamas Signs FATCA IGA
After substantially agreeing the terms of its IGA on April 17, 2014, on November 3rd The Bahamas completed the necessary formalities and signed the [intergovernmental agreement](http://www.treasury.gov/resource-center/tax-policy/treaties/Documents/FATCA-Agreement-Bahamas-11-3-2014.pdf) with the US Treasury … Read More
Governments commit to implement automatic exchange of information beginning 2017
The new OECD/G20 standard on automatic exchange of information was endorsed today by all OECD and G20 countries as well as major financial centres participating in the annual meeting of … Read More
Outcomes of FATF Plenary
The first [FATF Plenary meeting](http://www.fatf-gafi.org/documents/news/plenary-outcomes-october-2014.html) of Plenary year FATF-XXVI was held on 22-24 October 2014. The meeting was held under the Australian Presidency of the FATF. The FATF has updated … Read More
Improving Global AML/CFT Compliance
The Financial Action Task Force (FATF) is the global standard setting body for anti-money laundering and combating the financing of terrorism (AML/CFT). In order to protect the international financial system … Read More