Sector specific promotion and communications activities will receive greater emphasis by the Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) in 2003 as it focuses more attention on marketing initiatives to supplement the … Read More
Bahamas Creditworthiness Globally Recognised
Institutional Investor has announced that The Bahamas has been ranked a top performer in its country credit ratings, finishing the year 2002 among the top 10 countries in the world … Read More
“Commoncents” Money Management Course For Secondary Schools
The Ministry of Education has approved a high school money management course developed by **Commonwealth Bank**. The course – originally developed in the United States but adapted for Bahamian currency, … Read More
Bahamas Company Registry Upgraded
The Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson The Ministry of Financial Services and Investments has announced the launch of the promised enhancements to the computerisation system at the Companies Registry of the Registrar … Read More
Caribbean Countries Have Earned The Right To Compete In Global Financial Services
Sir Ronald Sanders, Antigua and Barbuda’s High Commissioner to the United Kingdom, has released a Paper providing a Caribbean perspective on the OECD’s Harmful Tax Competition Initiative. Entitled *”The Fight … Read More
Bank Deposit Interest Reporting: US Bankers Also Concerned About IRS Regulation
The American Bankers Association (ABA) reportedly is concerned over the proposed Internal Revenue Service regulation that requires reporting of bank deposit interest paid to nonresident aliens, and has asked the … Read More
The Bahamas – 30 Years and Global!
Full service communications agency The Counsellors Ltd. has announced plans for the 12th Annual Bahamas Business Outlook, scheduled to be held on January 13, 2003 at the Radisson Cable Beach … Read More
USA Patriot Act – First Sanctions Authorised Under Section 311
The U.S. Treasury Department have designated the Ukraine and Nauru as “primary money laundering concerns”, under Section 311 of the *USA Patriot Act*. The jurisdictions were described as not taking … Read More
United States Tax Policy: Out Of Step With Global Economy?
*”We have a tax code that has not kept pace with the globalisation that has transpired over the last 40 years. It is time for us to reconsider the rules … Read More
EU Savings Tax Directive: Deadline for Decision Making Delayed
Reports indicate that the EU’s year-long gridlock over the controversial savings tax directive will continue into the New Year. EU Economics and Finance Ministers had set a deadline of the … Read More