Financial Services Ministry to focus on training
Monday, February 24th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...ver the summer and two participated in language study in Mexico,” Minister Pinder said. “Through our affiliation with the Bahamas Institute of Financial Services, two new certificate courses were launched in taxation and corporate finance.” Minister Pinder was speaking on the 2013-2014 Mid-Year Budget Communication in the House of Assembly, February 20. He noted that the Ministry is preparing in the next few months to release its call to industry......
Bahamas represented at STEP LATAM
Monday, October 1st, 2012 | Filed Under: News & PressRyan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services, September 27 participated in a panel discussion at the STEP LATAM Conference in Panama City, Panama, hosted by the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) where the topic for discussion was “Latin America and IFCs: partners in a transparent world.” Minister Pinder accompanied a large private sector delegation from The Bahamas of more than 30 representatives, who were in attendance to further t......
Minister of Financial Services back IDB trade loan
Wednesday, August 15th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & PressMinister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder (pictured) says he fully supports the resolution to approve a $16.5 million Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan for the trade sector. Pinder said that this loan would not only support the modernization exercise of the Customs Department, but could also be applied to facilitate the necessary components as the country moves towards World Trade Organization (WTO) accession. “The loan is going to prov......
Pinder to leave Cabinet – video
Thursday, December 11th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...Ryan Pinder announced yesterday that he is stepping down from his post as Minister of Financial Services with effect at the end of this year. The international tax lawyer will remain a member of Parliament and has accepted a position with the Deltec banking group.......
ICON launched at BFSB events in Brazil
Friday, August 29th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...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......
Bahamas gets US support on WTO accession
Wednesday, September 12th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...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......
BIFS renews ties with Bangor University – photos
Tuesday, December 2nd, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...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......
Product innovation, diversity key to growth in FS
Wednesday, May 14th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...ity and increasingly burdensome regulation, Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder told attendees at the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) Caribbean Conference today. In his address, the Minister said one of the biggest challenges facing The Bahamas, and other Caribbean international financial centres (IFCs), is the move towards a global standard of automatic exchange of information. He indicated that jurisdictions needed five k......
Bahamas, Dominican Republic consider joint business council
Friday, November 9th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...untries. 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 month. Pinder was speaking during a press conference with Foreign Minister Fred Mitchell and Agriculture and Marine Resources Minister Alfred Gray following bilateral talks held in the Dominican Republic focusing on alleged poaching in Bahamian wate......
Anti-Money Laundering Task Force launched
Friday, October 25th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...ntre) addresses the newly appointed National Anti-Money Laundering Task Force October 23 in the Office of the Attorney General. Financial Services Minister Ryan Pinder is shown at the right of the Attorney General. (BIS Photo/Raymond Bethel)......
BFSB’s Bahamas Landfall tours Europe
Friday, June 29th, 2012 | Filed Under: News & Press...s and wealth managers. From left: Commodore Davy Rolle, director and CEO, Bahamas Maritime Authority; Ian Fair, chairman, Bahamas Maritime Authority; Aliya Allen, CEO & executive director, Bahamas Financial Services Board; Ryan Pinder, Minister of Financial Services; Paul Winder, chairman, Bahamas Financial Services Board. The Bahamas delegation at the Bahamas Landfall: Destination London event. (Photos courtesy BFSB) scotterill@dupuch.com......
Financial services providers urged to take action as FATCA looms
Thursday, July 14th, 2011 | Filed Under: News & Press...ompliance Officers’ (BACO) Money Laundering Reporting Officers (MLRO) Day, Ryan Pinder, a tax attorney with Becker-Poliakoff warned attendees: “It is essentially a regime that penalizes each and every FFI worldwide for the purposes of collecting US tax dollars. That is what we have to prepare for; there is no way to get around it and conduct international business.” Failure to disclose details of any US transactions could render an institution lia......
Bahamian lawyer presents at international AML/CFT conference – PDF
Thursday, October 24th, 2019 | Filed Under: News & Press...cy 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 private cl......
October date set for Nassau Conference
Thursday, September 26th, 2013 | Filed Under: News & Press...to expand the internship programme to 20 students in Summer 2014, Minister Pinder noted. Minister Pinder said that as a sponsor of this year’s conference, the government remains committed to opportunities that enhance the human capital and technical skills of financial service sector employees and those seeking to enter the sector. “My Ministry remains committed to strongly investing in financial services education and training to develop the futu......
Government continues to push for WTO accession
Friday, April 4th, 2014 | Filed Under: News & Press...equal footing internationally, according to Minister of Financial Services Ryan Pinder, who said the government is pushing ahead with its bid for accession through ongoing negotations with various members countries. The Minister spoke of trade as “a powerful avenue for economic diversification” and said that Bahamian businesses would feel the trickle-down effects of becoming a WTO member. Addressing the National Conclave of Chambers of Commerce in......