By: Christina Rolle, Executive Director, Securities Commission Of The Bahamas A complete overhaul of legislation governing The Bahamas’ investment funds industry is nearing completion, announced Christina Rolle, executive director of the Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) at the annual briefing for the Bahamian securities and investment funds industries earlier this month. The overhaul includes … Read More
Securities Industry
BISX Engages With Listed Issuers
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) recently hosted a closed-session Conclave with its Listed Issuers. BISX says the intent was to meet with senior representatives of Listed Issuers to discuss their duties and responsibilities to the market, as well as to discuss the fundamental regulatory principles and overall mission of the Exchange BISX Chief Executive … Read More
Securities Commission Rules to Facilitate Small Business Funding
New Rules under development by the [Securities Commission of The Bahamas](http://www.scb.gov.bs) would allow entrepreneurs to use crowdfunding to raise up to $1,000,000 and make it easier for small businesses to raise up to $3,000,000 per year. Crowdfunding Rules as well as Micro, Small and Medium Enterprise (MSME) Rules are being developed to introduce specific regulations … Read More
Americas Securities Regulators Meet in The Bahamas
The [Securities Commission of The Bahamas](http://www.scb.gov.bs) last week hosted securities regulators from 18 jurisdictions across the Americas to discuss cross-cutting securities regulatory matters, further developing the capital markets regulator’s regional and international profile. The meeting, held 3-4 November at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island, was the second of two general meetings of the Inter-American … Read More
BISX’s Ongoing Investor Education Programme
Students from the Corporate Governance class of The College of The Bahamas’s (COB) LL.B. Programme recently were treated to a special session at the Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) with CEO Keith Davies and COO Holland Grant. The Exchange Executives spoke not only about BISX but generally about domestic securities law, and the listing and … Read More
Enhancements to Bahamas Securities Legislation
The Government has tabled in the House of Assembly amendment legislation designed to enhance and clarify the Securities Commission’s structure and responsibilities. Minister of Financial Services the Hon. C.V. Hope Strachan, M.P. said the Securities Industry (Amendment) Bill also is a step towards improving the ease of doing business in The Bahamas. *“The legislation is … Read More
New Funds Listings for BISX
The [Bahamas International Securities Exchange](http://www.bisxbahamas.com) (BISX) has announced the listing of the following open-ended funds: * Lewisham Investment Fund Ltd, (Lewisham) * 3Ps Investment Fund IC Commons Quotas (“The 3Ps Common Quotas”) * 3Ps Investment Fund IC Preferred Quotas (“The 3Ps Preferred Quotas”), and * Delmonte Fund Limited SAC (Delmonte) Lewisham and Delmonte are incorporated … Read More
Star Capital – First ICON Listed on BISX
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) has announced that open-ended investment Fund Star Capital Fund ICON (Star Capital) has been added to the roster of funds listed on the Exchange. Star Capital is established as an Investment Condominium under the Investment Condominium Act, 2014 and is registered as a Smart Fund 007 under the Investment … Read More
BISX Executive Speaks at CGSR Conference in The Bahamas
Chief Operating Officer of The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX), Mr. Holland Grant, took part in the 12th Annual Conference and Workshop organised by the Caribbean Group of Securities Regulators and hosted by The Securities Commission of The Bahamas. The conference, which focused on Regional Capital Market Development and Regulation was held at the British … Read More
IFIE Americas Working Group Meets in The Bahamas
The International Forum for Investor Education (IFIE), Americas Chapter held the first meeting of its working group for content development and delivery, in the Bahamas over the period April 22 – 23, 2016. Securities regulators representing fifteen jurisdictions including the host country, The Bahamas, Barbados, the British Virgin Islands, Cayman Islands, Curacao, the Eastern Caribbean … Read More
The Hon. K. Peter Turnquest was born on August 22nd, 1964 in the Bahamas and earned his Bachelor of Business Administration from Prairie View A&M University, and his MBA from Nova Southeastern University. He is a Certified Public Accountant and has been in public and private practice for over 30 years in the area of financial accounting and reporting, audit, corporate services, merges & acquisitions, receiverships and liquidations. Mr. Turnquest has had wide business experience having led international sales and manufacturing operations in several countries.
A former Attorney-General of The Bahamas and one of Her Majesty’s Queens Counsel, John’s practice concentration are financial services law and regulation, corporate governance, business restructuring & insolvency, and commercial litigation. He has also been advisor in several major acquisitions and mergers within The Bahamas, and also in acquisitions by or mergers with regional entities.
The Honourable Brent Symonette presently serves as the Minister of Financial Services, Trade & Industry and Immigration. In May 2017, Minister Symonette was elected as the Member of Parliament representing the constituency of St. Anne’s, Nassau, N.P., The Bahamas. An alumnus of Brunel University in Middlesex, England, he graduated with a BSc (Hons.) in Law and Political Science. He is a Barrister-at-Law having been called to the Bahamas Bar in 1978. Mr. Symonette is a respected and experienced politician having served in many governmental capacities for approximately thirty (30) years. His political career began in 1987 where he was appointed to the Senate of The Bahamas serving in this capacity for two consecutive five year terms. In 2002, he was elected as the Member of Parliament for the Montagu Constituency. During his parliamentary career he served as Minister of Tourism and Attorney General, Deputy Leader of the Free National Movement Party (FNM), Deputy Prime Minister, and Minister of Foreign Affairs and Immigration.
Valdez K. Russell serves as the principal of VKR Insights, a communications and reputation management agency. Throughout his professional career, Valdez has been instrumental in facilitating public relations and communication strategies to help individuals and organizations to build relationships and influence change.
Diego Zuluaga is a policy analyst at the Cato Institute’s Center for Monetary and Financial Alternatives, where he covers financial technology and consumer credit. Before joining Cato, Zuluaga was Head of Financial Services and Tech Policy at the Institute of Economic Affairs in London. While at the IEA, he authored papers on the social value of finance, the role of offshore centers, the regulation of online platforms, and the taxation of capital income, among others. His work has been featured in print and broadcast media, such as the Times, Newsweek, and the Daily Telegraph. Zuluaga is a prolific public speaker as well as a former lecturer in economics at the University of Buckingham.
Ms. Christina R. Rolle is the Executive Director of the Securities Commission of The Bahamas, having been appointed effective 26 January 2015. Ms. Rolle has over 20 years of experience in the financial services industry. Over the course of her career, Ms. Rolle has acted as Director and Deputy CEO for a prominent international private bank and held various senior managerial positions with local and other international institutions including Head of Trust and Fiduciary, Head of Risk, Compliance and Corporate Governance and Manager of Banking Services.
Mr. James H. Smith is currently in retirement since June, 2007. Before then, he served in Parliament as a Senator and in the Cabinet of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas as the Minister of State for Finance during the period 2002 to 2007.
Llewellyn Boyer-Cartwright is a partner in Callenders & Co., The Bahamas’ oldest law firm and recipient of numerous international awards of recognition including the Corporate International Global Award.
Michael Allen has professional expertise in corporate and commercial law, including derivatives law as it relates to the participation by Bahamian entities in financial derivatives transactions, real estate & development, aviation law and wealth management.
Linda Beidler-D’Aguilar joined Glinton Sweeting O’Brien as a partner in July 2015. In her practice she specializes in the structuring and creation of vehicles (including investment funds) for multinational institutional clients as well as private clients; she also advises on corporate transactions, securities law (including public and private offerings) as well as general commercial matters.
Ryan Pinder has been a partner in the law firm of Graham Thompson since January 2016. His practice areas include banking law, corporate and commercial law, investment funds, securities law, capital markets, trusts and estate planning and structuring. He specialises in financial services solutions, planning and wealth management for high net worth individuals and families, and their associated companies and businesses throughout the world.