IBFS 2012 Set for The Bahamas

The Bahamas Financial Services Board (BFSB) has announced the third annual International Business & Finance Summit (IBFS) will take place February 3-5, 2012 at the Abaco Beach Resort at Boat Harbour in Marsh Harbour, Abaco, The Bahamas
 
Under the theme Pursuing Comparative Advantage, IBFS 2012, like its predecessors events, will bring together thought-leaders in wealth and asset management to discuss industry trends and requirements, and their impact on international financial centres and industry professionals.

More than 140 senior financial executives from the region and growth economies from around the world joined government representatives for IBFS 2011 which was held in Freeport, Grand Bahama. During the three day session they discussed growth strategies while networking in an idyllic Bahamas setting.

IBFS 2012 promises the same level of high level discussion and networking, bringing together a large and broad cross section of business leaders and speakers to discuss issues and topics reflective of today’s business environment.

Summit sessions will focus on how individuals, institutions and jurisdictions must deal with their core requirements to achieve success and to exploit their comparative strengths.
 
Sessions will cover:
• Broad trends and insights on holistic planning;
• Practical insights on holistic planning for the LatAm, Chinese and Middle East markets;
• Quantifying the rewards & risk of the US market;
• Becoming an ally of your clients through philanthropy;
• Developments in asset management;
• On the Horizon: Understanding the future of wealth;
• Global Developments of impact;
• Surviving growth challenges & competition for talent
• The Way Forward: Transforming plans to practice & philosophy to growth
 
BFSB CEO Aliya Allen confirms that the annual event again has attracted some eminent thought-leaders as presenters, including former and new “Friends of the Bahamas”:

• Bruce Zagaris, American Bar Association (US);
• Bruce Weatherill, Weatherill Consulting (UK);
• Catherine Chandler-Crichlow, Toronto Financial Services Alliance (Canada);
• Diego Pivoz, HSBC (Switzerland);
• Flavio Peppe, Ernst & Young (Brazil);
• Gina Pereira, Pereira Consulting (Canada);
• Ivan Sacks, Withers (US);
• Joe Field, Withers Asia;
• María Ángela Raich,  Prieto  & Carrizosa (Colombia);
• Nick Rucker, Berkeley Law Limited (UK);
• Pedro Ramírez Mota-Velasco, Turanzas, Bravo & Ambrosi (Mexico)
• Rebecca Leon, Morgan, Lewis & Bockius LLP (US);
• Robert Blower, Charles Russell LLP (UK);
• Robert Colvin, Colvin & Associate (US);
• Sebastian Dovey, Scorpio Partnership (UK);
• Steven Cantor, Cantor & Webb (US);
• Susan Klouman, Towers Watson (US);
• Thomas Ragan, Ragan & Freeman LLP (US); and
• William Heuseler, ITAU Private Bank International (Brazil, US);
• and Rowena Bethel, formerly of the Ministry of Finance (Bahamas) and now an Independent consultant specialising in the design and implementation of the supporting policy, legislative, regulatory and institutional frameworks for cross-border tax cooperation.

Summit details and updates are available at www.ibfs-bahamas.com. To register for IBFS please contact info@bfsb-bahamas.com or call BFSB at 242 326 7001.

For More Information: Aliya Allen
Bahamas Financial Services Board
1 242 326 7001
 

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