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John Wight, chief executive officer of BF&M Ltd, is to become the insurer’s chairman as well.
Mr Wight will take on the new dual role when Gavin Arton retires as BF&M’s chairman at the company’s next annual general meeting on May 15, 2019.
Mr Wight ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Reinsurance
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Bermuda’s ties with a Canadian governance organisation were strengthened this week with a workshop at Fairmont Southampton hotel.
Governance Professionals of Canada hosted the workshop for their members, as well as Bermudian-based governance and comp...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
By having Jeff Pulver, one of the world’s distinguished internet entrepreneurs, host an event in Bermuda, the island has added to its standing as a leader in the field of blockchain and fintech regulation.
It is one of the reasons why James Wallace, ...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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A race to the start line in the offshore cryptocurrency exchange market is heating up.
Bermuda’s fintech ambitions are well established, but now a company behind a planned cryptocurrency exchange based in the Cayman Islands says it will soon launch.
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DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
International Business
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
David Lang is looking forward to having a little more space in his home office.
After eight years as managing director of the Bank of Bermuda Foundation, he retires in May.
“I am looking forward to it, but Mrs Lang isn’t,” he joked.
He first came in...
DATE: Mar 21, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Local Business
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AUTHOR:
Jessie Moniz Hardy
Bermuda is taking a “global thought leadership position” in the regulatory approach to security tokens, and one that other jurisdictions will seek to copy, according to technology innovator Jeff Pulver.
The chairman of the Blockchain Token Associatio...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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Stamp duty payable on lease agreements is set to rise sharply if legislation passed by the House of Assembly, and currently before the Senate, comes into force.
Under current legislation, a flat stamp duty fee is based on the monthly rent of the prop...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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AUTHOR:
Duncan Hall
Two stocks traded on the Bermuda Stock Exchange as The Royal Gazette/BSX Index held steady at 2,329.16.
Ascendant Group Ltd was the most actively traded stock, with 1,800 shares changing hands as the parent company of power utility Belco remained unc...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
No shares were traded on The Royal Gazette/BSX Index, which remained unchanged at 2,329.16 points.
On the New York Stock Exchange, shares of Butterfield Bank were down 48 cents, or 1.26 per cent, at $37.54.
The BSX Insurance Index was down 14.5 point...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Bermuda Stock Exchange
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AUTHOR:
Business Staff
Bread shortage riots and cyberthreats might seem worlds apart, but they were brought together by a cybersecurity expert at the inaugural NetDiligence Cyber Risk Summit Bermuda.
Laura Galante presented an understanding of how cyberthreats from nation ...
DATE: Mar 20, 2019
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CATEGORY:
Other
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