Pursuit of the highest possible professional standards in an environment which facilitates the efficient operation of financial services guides the regulatory and supervisory approach in The Bahamas.

The Bahamas has made significant strides in the investment funds area, particularly in the past few years with the passage of the Investment Funds Act in 2003.

Today we debate an important compendium of financial services related bills that address three distinct subject matters.

BFSB wishes to provide the following update with respect to the implementation of the Common Reporting Standard and the automatic exchange of information.

Section 7 of the NPO Act, provides that a Non-Profit Organisation shall not carry out its operations unless it is registered under the NPO Act;

April 7, 2022, Nassau Bahamas, Today, The Bahamas is compliant or largely compliant in 38 of the 40 FATF Recommendations.

The Securities Commission of the Bahamas (SCB) has issued a notice to its registrants and licensees concerning transitional provisions for investment funds and investment fund administrators existing prior to the promulgation of the new Investment Funds Act.

The Washington-based Cato Institute has released its "Economic Freedom of the World: 2004 Annual Report", produced in conjunction with the Fraser Institute of Canada.

We were delighted to be in São Paulo, where we had the opportunity to connect with members of Brazil's vibrant financial and advisory community.

With the Bahamian financial sector undergoing a period of intense disruption, in both the common and the business sense of the word, The Bahamas must continue to build its industry up to a place where the innovation ...

In August 2012 the Securities Commission of The Bahamas approved a new SMART fund model, increasing the total number of approved SMART fund models to seven.

In Paris today, the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced that the governments of its member countries have approved a revised version of its Principles of Corporate Governance.

Nassau, The Bahamas, Thursday 10 November 2022 – Today, the Securities Commission of The Bahamas (the Commission) took action to freeze assets of FTX Digital Markets and related parties.

The Hon. Allyson Maynard-Gibson, Minister of Financial Services and Investments, presented remarks at the LOMA CARIBBEAN CONFERENCE being held June 27-29 at the Atlantis Resort, Paradise Island – under the theme: Expanding Your Horizons: Staying Ahead of the Competition.

In its Compliance North America feature this week, <I>Complinet</I> features the annual Anti-Money Laundering Seminar hosted last week by the Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO).

Today in Paris, the Committee on Fiscal Affairs (CFA) of the Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) announced new provisions for the exchange of information between national tax authorities.

With the recently passed Purpose Trust Bill, 2004, The Bahamas has added another dimension to the jurisdiction’s trust business.

The American Swiss Foundation, in collaboration with the Swiss Bankers Association, sponsored a session on "Financial Privacy, Economic Freedom and the War on Terrorism" in New York on Monday.