The International Governance and Risk Institute and the Government of Trinidad and Tobago are proud to present Trinidad 2010: Governance, Regulation and Financial Crime Prevention Forum for the Caribbean and the Americas, to be held in Port of Spain from the 9th - 13th August.

The forum will take place over five days, beginning with an opening symposium, where senior Government representatives, international dignitaries and members of the Institute’s Faculty will open the forum (further details of the symposium speakers will follow in the coming weeks), after which will follow five days of intimate, intensive training delivered by local and international experts.

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Highlights from the BACO Annual
Money Laundering Reporting Officer (MLRO) Day 2010 held on Thursday June 24th, 2010 at the British Hilton Colonial Hotel.

Opening Remarks
Senator, The Hon. John K.F. Delaney, Attorney General of The Commonwealth of The Bahamas

THE Bahamas is "failing to successfully launch" its new international financial services products, a senior attorney and QC has warned, adding that this nation needs to "compress" the product development/legislative reform cycle to remain competitive.Brian Moree, senior partner at McKinney, Bancroft & Hughes, told a Bahamas Association of Compliance Officers (BACO) luncheon that this nation was frequently launching products up to six years after key international financial centre competitors had introduced them, and when market trends and demands from high net worth individuals and their families had "moved on to the next product". - By NEIL HARTNELL
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