The Securities Commission of The Bahamas has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) under the Alternative Investment Fund Managers Directive (AIFMD) with French securities regulator the Autorité des Marchés Financiers … Read More
Insurance Sector Briefing Includes Training Session
As part of its ongoing educational outreach on the captive insurance sector, the Bahamas Financial Services Board is hosting a half-day Insurance Industry Briefing that includes a “Captives 201” component. … Read More
The Bahamas Scores Higher in Annual Ranking by The Banker
The Bahamas retained its 4th place among specialized financial centres in The Banker’s annual ranking of international financial centres. Significantly, though, The Bahamas score increased by 27 per cent in … Read More
Lifetime Achievement Award – Recipient Announced
The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) has selected Ian D. Fair as the Recipient of its 2014 Lifetime Achievement Award – a recognition of outstanding and sustained performance and contribution … Read More
BFSB AGM 2014
The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) hosted its 2014 Annual General Meeting (AGM) tonight in the Governor’s Ballroom of the British Colonial Hilton Hotel. CEO Aliya Allen in her annual … Read More
GFCI 16 Released
[Z/Yen Group](http://www.zyen.com/) Limited has released the results of the [Global Financial Centres Index (GFCI)](https://bfsb-bahamas.com/reports.php?cmd=view&id=2728&pre=y) 16. The report provides profiles, rating and rankings for 83 financial centres, drawing on two separate … Read More
G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors Meeting
The Hon. Joe Hockey, M.P., Treasurer of the Commonwealth of Australia, reports that the [G20](http://www.g20.org/) Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in Cairns today delivered strategies that will achieve 1.8 … Read More
OECD Releases First BEPS Recommendations to G20
The [OECD](http://www.oecd.org/tax/oecd-releases-first-beps-recommendations-to-g20-for-international-approach-to-combat-tax-avoidance-by-multinationals.htm) released today its [first recommendations](http://www.oecd.org/ctp/beps-2014-deliverables.htm) for a co-ordinated international approach to combat tax avoidance by multinational enterprises, under the OECD/G20 Base Erosion and Profit Shifting Project designed to … Read More
Three More Added to the BISX Mutual Fund Listing Facility
The Bahamas International Securities Exchange (BISX) is pleased to announce that the Nalbra Overseas Fund Corp., the Powder Multistrategy Fund Limited, and the Rio Real Participacoes Fund Inc. have completed … Read More
Plans for Annual FSI Summit Released
BFSB’s International Business & Finance Summit ([IBFS](http://www.ibfs-bahamas.com)) will be hosted at the Grand Lucayan Resort on beautiful Grand Bahama Island, February 5-8, 2015. BFSB CEO Aliya Allen notes that International … Read More