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Marina chief suffers ‘worst Thanksgiving in 30 years’

A former Association of Bahamas Marinas (ABM) president says he has suffered “the worst Thanksgiving in 30 years” while linking the drop-off in boating traffic directly to VAT’s imposition on foreign yacht charters.

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‘Don’t build financial services on crypto’

FTX’s collapse into provisional liquidation is a warning that The Bahamas should “not build the whole financial services recovery” on digital assets, a prominent Bahamian accountant said yesterday.

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DIANE PHILLIPS: View from the sidewalk

IT’S amazing what trying to look at something through someone else’s eyes can reveal.

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BAHAMAS REBUTS FTX ACCESS CLAIMS: Securities Commission given lawful permission to transfer assets to ‘a safer space’

The Securities Commission last night debunked accusations the Government “directed unauthorised access” to FTX’s systems, and aided the withdrawal of digital assets, in violation of Bahamian and US court orders.

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BISX-listed fund targets asset-doubling to $100m

A BISX-listed fund is reviving ambitions to “more than double” total assets to over $100m by “looking more aggressively” for property acquisitions following its recent preference share refinancing.

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INSIGHT: Fyre, FTX and the harm to our nation

A YOUNG entrepreneur, out of his depth, losing a ton of money and injuring the reputation of The Bahamas along the way. I could be talking about Sam Bankman-Fried, whose company FTX has combusted so spectacularly in the past week or so – and I will – but let’s take a trip to the past first.

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