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.

The Bahamas Financial Services Board continues to be at the forefront of advocacy efforts and legal reviews, demonstrating an unwavering commitment to addressing the needs of our members.

We are pleased to issue another BFSB member newsletter.

BFSB will host its 2018 International Business and Finance Summit (IBFS) under the theme "Hitting the Reset Button" here in Nassau on Friday March 2nd at The Baha Mar Resort.

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 Bahamas offers high-net-worth individuals (HNWIs) a wealth management experience rooted in personalization, flexibility, and legal sophistication.

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 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.

The Government of France has removed The Bahamas from the French list of non-cooperative states and territories in tax matters. The list, which is updated annually by the French Ministry ...

HIGGS & JOHNSON hosted its annual client seminar on Thursday 18 October, 2012 under the theme ‘Changing Times: Ensuring Success in a New Era’. Welcome remarks were given by Oscar N. Johnson, Jr., Managing Partner of the firm.

The Bahamas hosts the sixth-largest branch of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners (STEP) in the world and is home to a range of professional investment-management services...

Legislative Developments – December 2018

The Hon. Peter Turnquest, the Bahamas Deputy Prime Minister and the Minister of Finance, in addressing the regrettable decision by the European Union ...

For myriad of good reasons apart from the gorgeous weather and waters.

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.

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.