The Bahamas Investor

...Shahjahan Ali and Jennifer Laurine–along with Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder and moderator Simon Beck of Baker & McKenzie LLP . Panelists not only described the business growth and evolution of the case study jurisdictions over the last five years, but also the incentives each jurisdiction provides to encourage growth. They also spoke of key strengths and weaknesses of those jurisdictions and described how these financial centres have po......

...r of Tourism Jerome Fitzgerald Minister of Education, Science & Technology Ryan Pinder Minister of Financial Services Allyson Maynard Gibson Attorney General & Minister of Legal Affairs Damian Gomez Minister of State in the Ministry of Legal Affairs Michael Halkitis Minister of State in the Ministry of Finance Keith Bell Minister of State in the Ministry of National Security This first group of ministers will be sworn in at Government House at 4pm......

...igh-quality business. We have a good reputation that we want to maintain.” Ryan Pinder (left), minister of financial services would like to see Chinese financial institutions establish a presence in The Bahamas to help facilitate the flow of capital from Asia into the Americas. “With our diplomatic relations, we are best placed in this hemisphere,” he said. “Being independent, we can legislate for ourselves and create our own policies and that put......

Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder and Director of Financial Services Nicola Virgil-Rolle announced at a press conference today that The Bahamas will host a Regional FATCA Workshop April 9-10, 2013. The Ministry of Financial Services will host the workshop in partnership with the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO) on the US Foreign Accounts Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) at the British Colonial Hilton Hotel in Nassau, The Baham......

...will be announced at the 2013 Gala Awards Dinner on November 1. In addition, BFSB will recognize a 2013 graduate from the School of Business at the College of the Bahamas, as FSI Student of the Year. Also on this occasion, Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services, will announce the Recipient of the 2013 Minister’s Award–presented to an individual chosen by the Minister for contributions to the development and/or promotion of the sector.......

...ir Arthur Foulkes May 10 at Government House. The new Ministers are: Bernard Nottage, Minister of National Security and Government Leader in the House of Assembly; Obediah Wilchcombe, Minister of Tourism; Jerome Fitzgerald, Minister of Education Science and Technology; Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services; Allyson Maynard Gibson, Attorney General and Minister of Legal Affairs; Damian Gomez, Minister of State in the Ministry of Legal Affairs......

...s & solutions, Credit Suisse Trust Ltd, Zurich; and The Bahamas’ Minister of Financial Services, Ministry of Financial Services Ryan Pinder. tblair@dupuch.com......

...: Jasmine L. Williams – BBA Banking and Finance (with Spanish) The Hon. L. Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services, also recognised the 2013 Recipient of the “Minister’s Award”: Antoinette Russell, Credit Suisse Trust / Chairman, Association of International Banks & Trust Companies in The Bahamas (AIBT) In Welcome Remarks to the audience of over 250 industry practitioners and dignitaries, BFSB CEO Aliya Allen commented on the theme of BFSB’s u......

...nts’ Week is organized by the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA) and runs through Friday 9 November at the Sheraton Nassau Beach Hotel. Speakers will include Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder, Minister of State for Investment Khaalis Rolle and chief executive officer and executive director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board Aliya Allen. cmorris@dupuch.com......

Remarks by Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder at the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) symposium held in Nassau Monday, November 5, 2012: Introduction Welcome today to this informational seminar on the United States legislation, the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA). The Internal Revenue Services describes the FATCA as “an important development in US efforts to improve tax compliance involving foreign financial assets an......

...unts to the US Treasury. Earlier this year, Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder announced that the government would adopt a Model 1 Intergovernmental Agreement (IGA) with the US Treasury in order to carry out its reporting duties. According to Nottage, the government is currently deliberating the costs associated with the Model 1 agreement, including those related to implementing an electronic reporting system and providing the necessary tr......

...financial footing.” MLRO Day is organised by the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO) and also featured presentations by Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder and Director of Financial Services in the Ministry of Financial Services Nicola Virgill-Rolle.......

...ional investors doing business in The Bahamas, and to facilitate the non-Bahamian expertise needed to grow our financial services sector.” Parliamentary representatives in attendance included Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services; Legal Affairs Minister of State, Damien Gomez; and Member of Parliament for Exuma Anthony Moss. tblair@dupuch.com......

...Despite this, Strachan was still taken by surprise when she was chosen as Ryan Pinder’s successor in the Financial Services Ministry in January 2015. “My first reaction was one of surprise and humility,” she says, remembering the moment she was appointed to head the ministry. “I know it is a huge responsibility and it is humbling to know there is the confidence that I can take that on. This is an extremely important sector of our economy. It is a......

...he Bahamas Branch has participated in numerous consultations with Minister Ryan Pinder and made recommendations to implement an arbitration commission, which will be constituted of key stakeholders and international commercial and maritime arbitrators. Cooper-Rousseau contends that positioning the jurisdiction to become an arbitration seat will involve implementing the institutional infrastructure needed to conduct arbitration. The Bahamas will al......