- Banking & Finance en-us http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com N/A http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com 20 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3722/1/Trinidad-Central-Bank-Annual-Report-2007/Slowing-growth.html Port-of-Spain -- July 31, 2008 -- The Trinidad and Tobago economy recorded real GDP growth in 2007 of around 5.5 per cent with the non-energy sector growing at a faster rate than the energy sector. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Thu, 31 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3701/1/BVI-Government-Welcome-IMF-Decision-on-Offshore-Financial-Centres/Distinction-blurred-by-globalisation.html Road Town -- July 27, 2008 -- The BVI Government has welcomed the recent International Monetary Fund (IMF) decision to halt its discrimination between onshore and offshore financial centres. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Sun, 27 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3681/1/Communique-Of-The-62nd-Meeting-Of-The-Monetary-Council-Antigua-And-Barbuda-18-July-2008.html July 22, 2008 -- The Monetary Council of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB) held its 62nd meeting at the Sandals Grande Antigua Resort and Spa in Antigua and Barbuda on 18 July 2008, under the chairmanship of Dr the Honourable Errol Cort, Minister of Finance, Antigua and Barbuda. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3680/1/Caribbean-Tax-Administrators-Hold-Annual-Meeting-in-Belize.html July 22, 2008 -- The Caribbean Organization of Tax Administrators (COTA) is hosting the 35th general session of the organization in Belize this week. 20 CARICOM countries are taking part in the four day meeting that will see tax administrators working to better improve systems nationally and regionally. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Tue, 22 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3678/1/ECCU-Economy-Expanded-Last-Year-Slow-Down-Expected-in-2008/Economic-activity-expanded-by-52-in-2007.html Basseterre, St. Kitts -- July 21, 2008 -- Economic activity in the member territories of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union (ECCU) is estimated to have expanded five percent last year, but slower growth is expected this year due to slowing global economy and rising food and commodity prices. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Mon, 21 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3676/1/Bank-of-Netherland-Antilles-Records-37-Growth-in-Territories-in-2007.html Willemstad -- July 20, 2008 -- President-director Emsley Tromp of the Bank of the Netherlands Antilles (BNA) qualifies the growth of the Antillean economy as ‘robust’ for the year 2007. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Sun, 20 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3672/1/ECCU-Pension-Reform-and-Administration-Commission-Formed/Report-due-June-2009.html Basseterre, St. Kitts -- July 18, 2008 -- The Governor of the Eastern Caribbean Central Bank (ECCB), Sir K Dwight Venner, is pleased to announce that the ECCB Monetary Council has appointed a four person ECCU Pension Reform and Administration Commission. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Fri, 18 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3659/1/Cayman-Consultant-Welcomes-IMF-Attempt-to-Remove-offshore-stigma/Still-some-ways-to-go.html Grand Cayman -- July 17, 2008 – Local regulatory consultant, Paul Byles, Managing Director of Focus Corporate Services & Consulting, welcomes a recent move by the IMF to remove the negative connation associated with the “offshore” label typically ascribed to financial centres like the Cayman Islands. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Thu, 17 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3649/1/Bank-of-St-Lucia-Limited-Wealth-and-Asset-Management-Visionary-Thinking/Focus-to-create-wealth-for-customers.html Castries--- July 16, 2008--- “We have gone where no one has gone before in banking” so says Robert Norstrom – Managing Director –East Caribbean Financial Holding Company limited and General Manager - Bank of Saint Lucia Limited. terrence.albert@ecfh.com (Terrence Albert) Wed, 16 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500 http://www.caribbeanpressreleases.com/articles/3617/1/Eastern-Caribbean-Central-Bank-Report-20072008/ECCU-must-address-challenges-from-their-own-circumstances.html July 8, 2008 -- The challenges which now confront the countries of the Eastern Caribbean Currency Union are of an order of magnitude which requires fundamental evaluation and re-evaluation of our systems of government, governance and economic management. admin@caribbeanpressreleases.com (SC Admin) Tue, 08 Jul 2008 00:00:00 -0500