The Bahamas Investor

...e is only going to get greater and more expansive. “The question is, how are you going to look to see where you fit in this evolution [of transparency],” 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......

...imization, The Bank of Nova Scotia Trust Company (Bahamas) Ltd. AOTY: Marvin A. Dean, Dip CII, Account Executive, J.S. Johnson & Company Ltd. SOTY: 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......

...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.......

...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.......

...iciary and the private sector.” Since the reinstitution of the Ministry of Financial Services & Investments in 2012, the Executive Committee of The 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......

...aded for good days in this country,” he said. “The country is moving in the right direction.” The National Conclave runs April 2-3 at Breezes Resort, Nassau. Speakers included Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder and Minister of State for Finance Michael Halkitis. Topics to be discussed during the two-day conference include tax reform, arbitration, foreign direct investment and public private partnerships.......

...Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder says that The Bahamas is perfectly positioned to become a centre for dispute resolution in the region.......

...Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder was a keynote speaker at a Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers conference held earlier in the week. Watch a ZNS television news report of the event here.......

...nistry of the Environment, The Bahamas, speaking at the annual Accountants’ Week, sponsored by The Bahamas Institute of Chartered Accountants (BICA), at The Sheraton, Cable Beach, Nassau Bahamas. (Photo ©Dupuch/Harry 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......

...Agency. The two-day event, which takes place at the Hilton resort in Bridgetown March 20-21, brings together industry leaders to discuss means of increasing 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......

...se they may be comparing doing business in The Bahamas with doing business elsewhere,” says Greene, “and that counsel can range from employment to taxation matters.” Earlier in November, estate planning specialist Mikia Cooper, a Halsbury Chambers associate, attended the 1st Annual Private Wealth Latin America and the Caribbean Forum in Miami, helping to boost the profile of The Bahamas. Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder was among the......

...nd of assistance in The Bahamas. This fund is a sleeping giant.” The National Conclave of Chambers of Commerce in The Bahamas was organized by the Bahamas Chamber of Commerce and Employers Confederation and ran April 2-4 at Breezes SuperClubs in Nassau. Additional speakers included Prime Minister Perry Christie and Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder. cmorris@dupuch.com......

...ourselves operating.” “I’d like to thank our executive team headed by HR director Sian Bevans for working with the union representatives in the best interest of NAD and our employees. 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......

...ives of their team sponsor, Bank of The Bahamas (BOB), yesterday in Nassau. “You made an entire nation proud,” said BOB deputy managing director Vaughn Delaney. Gold medalists Chris Brown, Ramon Miller, Demetrius Pinder and Michael Matthieu were accompanied by Bahamas Association of Athletic Associations (BAAA ‘s) president Mike Sands and first vice president Shervin Stuart. Minister of Youth, Sports and Culture Daniel Johnson......

...h Services, the Ministry of Transport and Aviation and the Port Department, the Royal Bahamas Police Force, the Ministry of Works and the Ministry of Health. This inspection comes following several oil spill incidents in the Pinder’s Point area involving the 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......