Representatives from the Bahamas Financial Services Board and the Insurance Commission of The Bahamas are at the 2015 International Conference of the Captive Insurance Companies Association (CICA) at the Loews … Read More
Timothy Colclough Appointed Managing Director, Butterfield Bahamas
The Bank of N.T. Butterfield & Son Limited (“Butterfield”) today announced that Timothy J. Colclough has been named Managing Director of Butterfield Trust (Bahamas) Limited. He replaces Julien Martel who … Read More
Resilient Grand Bahama
Prime Minister, the Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, M.P., provided keynote remarks at the 17th Grand Bahama Business Outlook held today in Freeport, Grand Bahama. The event was hosted by … Read More
VAT FAQs for the Financial Services Industry
The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB), in collaboration with the Association of International Banks & Trust Companies in The Bahamas (AIBT), today released VAT FAQs for the financial services industry. … Read More
Commonwealth Business Forum 2015 Launched in London
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
Future Leaders Forum Developing Human Capital Within Financial Services
The Bahamas Millennial Society (BMS), launched last year by the Bahamas Financial Services Board and a Steering Committee, has planned its second event: A Future Leaders Forum to be held … Read More
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
Strengthened Global Securities Markets – Drivers of Economic Growth
During a [meeting](http://www.iosco.org/news/pdf/IOSCONEWS366.pdf) in Seoul this week, the Board of the International Organization of Securities Commissions (IOSCO) discussed and progressed policy, organizational and strategic issues. In particular, it pushed forward … 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
New Era of Economic Prosperity
The Rt. Hon. Perry G. Christie, Prime Minister and Minister of Finance, presented his mid-year Budget Statement to Parliament today. He maintained, *“the engines of the national economic machine are … Read More