The Bahamas Investor

...],” said international tax expert and partner at Graham Thompson Attorneys Ryan Pinder during an address to financial services professionals at a recent event organized by the Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants. “Focus on this niche and gain all of the expertise you can because this is not going to go away. Accountants have a tremendous opportunity here. The CRS is about 600 pages long. It is a lot of work, but I want to encourage you to r......

...Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder says that efforts to achieve accession to the World Trade Organization are progressing.......

...ic Works, speakers include Howard Rickey Mackey, MP for North Eleuthera, Thomas Sands, Jr president, Eleuthera Chamber of Commerce and Ryan Pinder, partner, Graham, Thompson & Co.......

...Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder’s tour of local industrial park and an uptick in the UK’s manufacturing output top the business news stories this week on ZNS television. Watch the full report here.......

...rry Cutting) Accountants’ Week was held at the Sheraton Nassau resort and welcomed speakers such as Minister of State for Investments Khaalis Rolle, Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder and chief executive officer and managing director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board Aliya Allen . cmorris@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......

...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.......

...the provisions of the EPA, in terms of obligations and benefits. The Hon. Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services of The Bahamas, has said his Government places great importance in the soon to be finalized Plan, as EPA implementation forms an important part of the country’s trade policy. The EPA is a trade and development accord between the Caribbean Forum of African, Caribbean and Pacific States (CARIFORUM), of the one part, and the European......

...Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder’s address in the House of Assembly on trade and the opening of a new branch office for CIBC top the business news from ZNS this week. Watch the full report here.......

...reasing export-led growth in the Caribbean. Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder will speak at the conference and attendees will also hear from Caribbean Export executive director Pamela Coke Hamilton, Prime Minister of Barbados Freundel Stuart and David Jessop, managing director of the Caribbean Council. The proposed programme includes discussions on the global trading environment, statistical analysis of the region’s exports, using innovat......

...ding to Sri Lanka for the Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting (CHOGM) . Pictured: At The Ritz Hotel in London (from left) High Commissioner Ed Bethel; Dawn Bethel; Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder; Allyson Cheng; Clemence Cheng; Prime Minister Perry Christie; Bernadette Christie; Paul Wallace; Simon Mullett; and Sir Baltron Bethel. (BIS Photo/Peter Ramsay)......

...gil-Rolle, director of Financial Services, brought greetings from Minister Ryan Pinder , assuring the Ministry’s full commitment to seeing growth within the insurance sector and in the captives industry in particular. Superintendent of the ICB, Michele Fields, provided welcome remarks speaking to the regulator’s strategy of adhering to international best practices and ensuring an effective regime, with a focus on an integrated approach to the supe......

...he BORCO facility. BORCO has been notified and is cooperating with government officials. In addition to this inspection process, the technical team will engage in a walkabout of the Pinder’s Point community to speak with residents about their concerns and to gather any information relevant to the team’s investigations.......

...Chris Brown; Vaughn Delaney, deputy managing director BOB; Daniel Johnson, Minister of Youth, Sports & Culture; Michael Matthieu; Ramon Miller; and Mike Sands, president BAAA. (Photo by Derek Smith Jr for DP&A) Fresh off their win in the men’s 4×400 m relay in the 2012 Olympics in London, the four Bahamian athletes–dubbed the Golden Knights–met representatives of their team sponsor, Bank of The Bahamas (BOB), yesterday in Nassau. “You made an enti......

...oyees. I’d also like to thank John Pinder, president of BPSU, and his team for their committed efforts in this exercise.” Pinder has termed the agreement “very fair, very progressive, and an example that we would wish for all employers to emulate.” The new agreement preserves NAD’s high performance evaluation system, rewarding well performing employees with higher wage increases. Final negotiations also include a signing bonus paid to employees in......