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The Bahamas has moved quickly to provide disaster relief services to financial institutions in the Cayman Islands affected by Hurricane Ivan. Cayman licensed institutions are being allowed to establish operations on a temporary basis in The Bahamas.

Smart Fund Model 007 (the "SFM Model 007") or the Super Qualified Investment Fund became available for use as of 22nd August, 2012.

A recent survey by the Swiss Finance Ministry has found that 51 per cent of those questioned favour maintaining banking secrecy in its present form, compared with 57 per cent a year ago.

The Bahamas will be represented at the 5th Annual Offshore Financial Services Summit on May 26-27, at Simpson's-in-the-Strand, London.

The Bahamas ranked 2nd in the Latin Amercian/Caribbean region, and 39th globally, in the latest Country Credit Scorecard published by the Institutional Investor as a result of its country creditworthiness survey.

The Bahamas celebrates 275 years of Parliamentary Democracy this week, the first meeting of Parliament (General Assembly) having taken place on 29th September 1729.

The Bahamian economy has recovered well from the 2001-02 slowdown, achieving some acceleration of activity in 2004 even in the face of two hurricanes, according to the International Monetary Fund (IMF).

The Bahamas Government has established a committee with representatives from all of the country’s financial regulatory institutions to consider options for consolidating regulatory agencies into one or more bodies.

In Basel yesterday, the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) announced that The Joint Forum had released a report examining trends in outsourcing in the financial sector.

The Bahamas has become the first premier Common Law jurisdiction to introduce Foundations, and this article represents the second in a series of reports on this new product in The Bahamas’ toolkit.

Writing for European CEO, BFSB CEO & Executive Director Wendy C. Warren touts historic growth and increasing leadership in financial services, and firmly places The Bahamas amongst the world's premier international centres.

The US Treasury's Under Secretary for International Affairs thinks it is important to celebrate important recent developments in the global economy. Likewise, he says it is necessary to learn from the winning economic strategies that brought these about.

The second Nassau Conference will take place February 7 and 8, 2006 at the British Colonial Hilton in Nassau. The two-day event, which attracted nearly 150 delegates in its inaugural year, will cover a broad range of topics under the theme "Wealth Management in a Diverse World".

The Bahamas is the first premier Common Law jurisdiction to introduce Foundations. Wendy Warren, CEO & Executive Director of the Bahamas Financial Services Board, says that in launching its Guide to Foundations, The Bahamas as a Common Law country has looked beyond its boundaries and traditions to be of greater relevance for estate planning by persons from civil law countries.

The Governor of the Central Bank describes The Bahamas as one of the more significant financial jurisdictions operating in the world of financial services in a number of areas, and says it is in a position to compete with some of the best in the world.

The Bureau for International Narcotics and Law Enforcement Affairs (INL) of the US Department of State has released its International Narcotics Control Strategy Report (INCSR) 2005.