The Bahamas Investor

...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......

...han 100 countries, giving them an expansive foreign marketplace,” Minister Pinder told participants in the recent Bahamas Bureau of Standards’ First National Standardization Forum and Formation of Technical Committees Workshop, held at SuperClubs Breezes . Minister Pinder noted that while the benefits of WTO seem numerous, the realization of such benefits would only be achieved by adhering to the principles of the WTO Technical Barriers to Trade (......

...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......

...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.......

...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......

...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......

...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)......

...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......

...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......

...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......

...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......

...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......

...rbitration and Investment Forum yesterday, Minister for Financial Services Ryan Pinder said The Bahamas could become a regional and international hub for arbitrators by “leveraging the talent of our people.” “We are looking to create a centre based around expertise and industry,” he said “You have to focus on what you do well. We are the pre-eminent trust jurisdiction in the world and we have some of the best maritime lawyers in the world. We go a......