The conference will be officially opened by Minister of State for Finance, Senator James Smith.<\/p>\n
The Caribbean Group of Securities Regulators (CGSR) was established to facilitate information sharing and promote regulatory capacity-building and training in the region. It seeks to harmonise regulatory policies and legislation and to give the region a unified voice in international forum. <\/p>\n
This forum brings together local, regional and international capital market stakeholders. They will exchange ideas on current regulatory challenges with a view to broadening participants’ un-derstanding of these issues. <\/p>\n
Under the theme “Challeng-es Facing Caribbean Securi-ties Regulators: Priorities & Perspectives,” the Conference will address matters such as combating market abuse, corporate governance, enforcement, mergers & acquisitions and minority shareholders’ interests, hedge funds regulation, and the relaxation of exchange controls. <\/p>\n
Participants in the event will be drawn from the Central Bank of The Bahamas, securities commissions and ex-changes in the Caribbean region, as well as the International Monetary Fund (IMF), the International Or-ganisation of Securities Com-missions (IOSCO) and the United States Securities and Exchange Commission (USSEC). The accounting and legal professions will also be represented. <\/p>\n
This two-day event will take the form of a series of technical presentations and panel discussions. Presenters will include Ana Carvajal, Ad-visor \uff96 Technical Monetary and Capital Markets Depart-ment of the IMF; Kendrick Christie, president \uff96 Bahamas Institute of Chartered Ac-countants; Wendy Craigg, governor – Central Bank of The Bahamas; Keith Davies, CEO – Bahamas International Securities Exchange; Phil-lippe Richard, secretary general \uff96 IOSCO; Ethiopis Tafara, Director of International Af-fairs at the USSEC, and Wen-dy Warren, CEO, Bahamas Financial Services Board. <\/p>\n
The forum is open to the general public. Registration forms and other information can be obtained by visiting the Commission’s web site at www.scb.gov.bs\/conference , or by contacting the Securities Commission of The Bahamas. The deadline for registration is October 13.<\/p>\n
The Nassau Guardian<\/small><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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