The Bahamas Investor

...e Formation of an Investment Condominium by Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder given in the House of Assembly August 25, 2014: Introduction and Background Today I rise to move for the second reading of a Bill for an Act to Facilitate the Formation of an Investment Condominium in the Bahamas between Participants for the Purpose of Collective Investments and for Connected Purposes. Together, Mr. Speaker, these bills establish The Bahamas as......

Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder said last week that the issue of training and human development within the financial services industry is an essential pillar of the Ministry, pointing out that the Ministry followed through on its budget promises to ensure that new learning opportunities are created for Bahamians in the financial services sector. “Through our affiliation with the AIBT (Association Of International Banks and Trust Compan......

Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder said recently that full membership and compliance in the World Trade Organization (WTO) is necessary if Bahamian producers want to compete on an even field with other international producers. “Bahamian exporters would find themselves having favourable access to more than 100 countries, giving them an expansive foreign marketplace,” Minister Pinder told participants in the recent Bahamas Bureau of Standar......

...s learning and networking experience,” said Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder . “There will be a number of speakers present that will provide a global perspective of economical shifts within the financial services sector.” The event will be held under the theme: The shift has occurred. How are you positioned? The Ministry of Financial Services will be a lead sponsor of the event. Pinder said that a “fundamental” component of his Ministry’......

...Privacy was one of two pivotal topics presented by Graham Thompson partner Ryan Pinder at the 8th Annual Anti-Money Laundering/Counter Financing of Terrorism Conference held in Jamaica, October 8-10. In his presentation, Pinder characterized the erosion of client financial privacy as “a multi-faceted strategy of regulatory and compliance reforms designed to institutionalize the demise of fiscal transparency”. Highlighting both the individual priva......

Pictured: Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder speaking at the Atlantis Resort on Paradise Island. (Photo Harry Cutting/©Dupuch) The diversity of product offerings in the Bahamas’ financial services sector will help insulate the jurisdiction against market volatility and increasingly burdensome regulation, Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder told attendees at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Caribbean Conference t......

...arge d’Affaires John Dinkelman (left) and Minister of Financial Service L. Ryan Pinder at the sidelines during WTO talks ongoing at British Colonial Hilton. (BIS Photo/Raymond Bethel) Minister of Agriculture, Marine Resources, and Local Government Alfred Gray (right), and US Embassy Charge d’Affaires John Dinkelman (left) meet during the WTO accession talks ongoing at British Colonial Hilton. At centre is Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder......

...onday. “The events were an unqualified success and we were pleased to have Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services, with us,” said Aliya Allen, BFSB’s chief executive officer and executive director. The Minister addressed the event participants under the theme: In the age of information exchange, where is The Bahamas positioned. Other presenters at Landfall events included: Humberto Sanches, Ulhôa Canto, Rezende e Guerra Advogados, and William......

...sity representatives pay a courtesy call on Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder. Left to right: Kim Bodie, executive director of BIFS; Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder; Tanya Keith, business development director, Sales & Marketing, The Management Centre, Bangor Business School; and Lisa Jones, Chartered Banker MBA team leader & business development manager. (Photo courtesy BIFS) Bangor university representatives pay a courtesy cal......

...don. The high-level delegation included the Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder, BFSB chairman Paul Winder and BFSB chief executive officer and executive director Aliya Allen, along with other Bahamian industry leaders. At the London event, held in the Mandarin Oriental Hotel in Knightsbridge on June 25, Minister Pinder spoke about the advantages The Bahamas has in financial services and highlighted the benefits of recently enacted financia......

...s an “exciting” time in the country’s history. Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder, undersecretary in the Attorney General’s Office Cynthia Gibbs and Dr Nicola Virgill-Rolle, director, in the Ministry of Financial Services were among those in attendance. The Caribbean Financial Action Task Force (CFATF) is an organization consisting of 29 countries in the Caribbean region, which have agreed to “implement common countermeasures to address the p......

...me into force in 2013 or face serious penalties, according to tax attorney Ryan Pinder. The Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA) comes into force January 1, 2013, and will require foreign financial institutions (FFIs) to disclose information on all their US clients. Speaking at the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers’ (BACO) Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLRO) Day, Ryan Pinder, a tax attorney with Becker-Poliakoff warned attend......

Pictured: The Dominican Republic’s Jean Alain Rodriguez and the Bahamas’ Ryan Pinder. (BIS Photo/Eric Rose) The Bahamas and the Dominican Republic are considering establishing a joint business council with members of the private sector of both countries. The council is a proposal of Bahamian Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder, who said a framework for a Memorandum of Understanding on the idea is expected to be completed by the end of this mo......

Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder has laid out a six-month plan for the Ministry of Financial Services in order reach a set of goals. Minister Pinder made the remarks this week during his contribution in the 2012/2013 budget debate in the House of Assembly. “We in the Ministry have already started our initial six-month strategy plan, which will be expanded into a more comprehensive five-year strategic plan for the Ministry of Financial S......

...will “aggressively” explore growth centers over the next few months, says Ryan Pinder , the minister with Cabinet responsibilities for the industry. His comments came during day one of Bahamas Financial Services Board’s (BFSB) 10th International Business Finance Summit (IBFS) held at Bimini Bay Resort February 1-3. The meeting opened with the minister unveiling his 10-year strategy to revamp and re-invigorate the Bahamian business services indust......