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The New Audit Mandate: Why Caribbean Boards Must Rethink Audit as a Risk Lens

May 23, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

For most of the last fifty years, the external audit in the Caribbean was treated as an annual ritual. Companies prepared their books. Auditors arrived, asked questions, tested samples, and a few months later issued an opinion. Regulators received a copy. The audit committee acknowledged it. Shareholders, if they read it at all, read...

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Boards, Risk and Resilience: Strengthening Governance for a More Uncertain Caribbean

May 13, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Executive Summary The Caribbean is operating in a more uncertain business environment than at any point in recent memory. Economic volatility, inflationary pressure, geopolitical disruption, cybersecurity threats, climate-related shocks, foreign exchange pressure, supply chain fragility, talent shortages, and accelerating technological change are all reshaping the landscape in which businesses, investors, regulators, and boards must operate....

After Twin Peaks: A Caribbean Capital Market Worthy of International Capital

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Eleven articles have set out the case for Twin Peaks, the international evidence base, the legislative reform package, and the operational readiness work the next twelve months require. This closing article steps back and addresses the question that gives the transition its meaning: what is all of this for. The answer cannot be the cutover...

Three Markets, Three Lessons: What South Africa, the Netherlands and New Zealand Teach the Caribbean

May 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why these three jurisdictions matter The two case studies that have already been examined in this series — Australia and the United Kingdom — are the headline references in international Twin Peaks literature. Both produced extensive operating evidence. Both have generated substantial post-implementation reform programmes. Both are well-documented in IMF Financial Sector Assessment Programs,...

The United Kingdom: From the FSA to the PRA and FCA — A Model in Continuous Reform

May 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The United Kingdom adopted Twin Peaks in 2013 because its previous regulator had failed during the global financial crisis. Thirteen years later, the Prudential Regulation Authority and the Financial Conduct Authority operate the most actively reforming Twin Peaks regime in the world — pioneering outcomes-based conduct supervision through the Consumer Duty, embedding individual accountability through...

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The Practice Period: A Distinctive Caribbean Approach to Regulatory Transition

May 3, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Most countries that have adopted Twin Peaks waited for the legislation before changing how they supervise. Jamaica is doing it differently. Two years before the statutes arrive, the Bank of Jamaica and the Financial Services Commission are operating a structured Practice Period — joint examinations, jointly developed standards, capacity-building, cultural alignment — that builds the...

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Why Audit Quality Remains Under Global Regulatory Pressure

May 1, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Persistent inspection findings are signaling deeper operational and governance issues across the assurance ecosystem. Audit quality remains under pressure because recurring inspection findings are revealing structural weaknesses, not isolated execution slips. Regulators are responding by scrutinizing firm systems, engagement performance, and the real-world use of technology and methodology. The persistence problem When regulators continue to...

Audit and Assurance in 2026: The Leadership Agenda

April 30, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why boards, CEOs, CFOs, and audit committees are treating assurance as a strategic trust issue rather than a technical back-office function. 2026 is emerging as a hinge year for audit and assurance. Sustainability assurance is moving into operational reality, regulators remain dissatisfied with core audit quality, and firms are being pushed to prove that technology...

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Auditing the Token: ISA, IFRS, and the New Assurance Mandate in the Caribbean

April 28, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Editor’s Note This is the sixth article in a twelve-part Dawgen Global series introducing DAGAF™ — the Digital Asset Governance & Assurance Framework. Articles 1 through 5 set out the inflection-point argument, mapped the foreign regulatory regimes, established the architecture of DAGAF™, and treated Pillar 1 (Governance and Board Oversight) and Pillar 3 (Tax Treatment...

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Modernising Internal Audit Across an Eight-Entity Caribbean Conglomerate

April 19, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

C | Context A long-established Caribbean conglomerate, structured as a holding company over eight operating entities across four industry verticals and four jurisdictions, carried an internal audit function that was technically present but materially under-scaled. The function consisted of a small centrally-located team with a traditional compliance-focused mandate, an audit plan that reflected historical...

Boards, Risk and Resilience: Strengthening Governance for a More Uncertain Caribbean

After Twin Peaks: A Caribbean Capital Market Worthy of International Capital

Three Markets, Three Lessons: What South Africa, the Netherlands and New Zealand Teach the Caribbean

The United Kingdom: From the FSA to the PRA and FCA — A Model in Continuous Reform

The Practice Period: A Distinctive Caribbean Approach to Regulatory Transition

Why Audit Quality Remains Under Global Regulatory Pressure

Audit and Assurance in 2026: The Leadership Agenda

Auditing the Token: ISA, IFRS, and the New Assurance Mandate in the Caribbean

Modernising Internal Audit Across an Eight-Entity Caribbean Conglomerate

May 25, 2026D·ASSURE™ Whitepaper: Dawgen Global’s Seven-Pillar Framework for Modern Caribbean Audit Quality

May 25, 2026The D·ASSURE™ Framework: Dawgen Global’s Seven-Pillar Methodology for Modern Caribbean Audits

May 24, 2026Audit Committee Effectiveness: How Caribbean Boards Can Strengthen Audit Oversight

May 24, 2026The Independent, Integrated Audit Firm: Why Caribbean Boards Need a Modern Regional Audit Partner

May 24, 2026Sustainability Assurance Arrives: What Caribbean Boards Must Know About ISSA 5000, IFRS S1 and IFRS S2

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