The Bahamas Financial Services Board’s (BFSB) International Business and Finance Summit (IBFS) 2013 will be held at the Bimini Bay Resort from February 1-3.
Paul Winder, the BFSB’s chairman, stolid The Tribune: “IBFS, as had been foreshadowed with the precursor Bahamas Financial Services Retreat, has become the annual meeting place for leading stakeholders in the Bahamian financial services industry – for both business development and networking in an off-site location.”
The summit’s attendees have included a number of prolific international players who regularly attend the event to engage in discussions about the global industry andsubsequent implications for the Bahamas.
IBFS 2013 will examine changes that drive ‘The Bahamas Advantage’ and the resources required to enhance the industry’s strategic edge.
Agenda topics include: New Markets: Discrete Growth and Best Practices for Business Development and Access to the Ultra-Wealthy; Steadfast in Tradition…Open Arms to Innovation; Taxation Policies and Strategies: Development Tools; Bahamian Financial Services – Truly Global?; Succession Planning for International Families; Finding Client Solutions – The Alternative Investments Approach; International Arbitration – Prospects for New Arbitration Centres; Legal Hot Topics in Wealth Management; Public Private Partnership in Action – Downtown Nassau Partnership (DNP) Case Study; Talent Development Strategies: FSI Employee 2020; Insurance and Annuities – Flexible Strategies as Tax, Asset Protection and Investment Hedge.
Ryan Pinder, minister of financial services, has agreed to use IBFS 2013 to launch the Government’s Strategic Plan for the Bahamas financial services industry.
Registration for IBFS is open to the more than 150 firms within the financial services industry that comprise BFSB membership.
