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The Reinsurance Trap: Why Caribbean Cedants Pay Too Much and Capture Too Little

May 21, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Three structural reasons most regional reinsurance programmes underperform — and the four-step economic review that typically recovers 10 to 20 percent of reinsurance spend within 18 months Reinsurance is the single largest expense line for most Caribbean life and health insurers after claims and operating costs. It is also the line where cedants have the...

Covenants Were Not Designed for Hurricanes: How to Stress-Test Loan Covenants Before They Stress-Test the Enterprise — and the Heat-Map That Surfaces the Dangerous Ones

May 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Valley Green Agriproducts — the name is composite, the events are real — is a Caribbean integrated agribusiness group I have spent considerable time advising. The group operates approximately twelve thousand acres of fresh produce and tree-crop cultivation across two territories, runs three primary processing facilities, employs roughly six hundred and twenty staff at...

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...

Boardroom Readiness for Twin Peaks: Twelve Months to Build What the New Regime Will Require

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The shape of the work The boardroom readiness work for Twin Peaks divides into five categories. Each category contains several sub-streams. The categories are governance, supervisory engagement, control functions, management information, and people. They are interlocking rather than sequential. A board that prioritises governance and defers supervisory engagement will discover during the first post-cutover supervisory...

The Legislative Reform Package: What the Twin Peaks Statutes Must Deliver

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The legislative architecture decision The first and most consequential drafting choice is the legislative architecture itself. Article 6 of this series identified the South African Financial Sector Regulation Act of 2017 as a model — a single comprehensive statute that sets out the entire Twin Peaks framework, both peaks, the coordination mechanisms, the...

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Investor Protection in a Twin Peaks World: From Disclosure to Outcomes

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The shift from disclosure to outcomes The most important conceptual shift in international investor protection over the past decade is the shift from disclosure-based to outcomes-based regulation. The shift sounds technical. Its operational implications are substantial. Under disclosure-based regulation, the regulatory framework requires regulated firms to disclose material features of products and services. Risk...

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Measuring Jamaica Against IOSCO: A Principles-Based Diagnostic of the Jamaican Capital Market

May 4, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Why the IOSCO Principles matter The International Organization of Securities Commissions is the global standard-setter for securities regulation. Its membership comprises the securities regulators of more than 130 jurisdictions, collectively responsible for over 95 per cent of the world’s securities markets. The IOSCO Objectives and Principles of Securities Regulation, first published in 1998 and...

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The Diagnosis Behind the Reform: Why Jamaica Chose Twin Peaks, and What It Must Now Deliver

May 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

What actually happened at SSL On 17 January 2023, a Jamaican investor went public with allegations that her investment account at Stocks and Securities Limited — a securities dealer regulated by the Financial Services Commission for over four decades — had been systematically drained over a period of years. Within days, what began as one...

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Internal Controls Case Study: How a Growing Business Improved Governance, Accountability and Control Discipline After Expansion

April 17, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

“Internal controls are not merely an audit requirement. They are a business enabler that supports growth, accountability, and operational confidence.” Client Profile This composite case study reflects a privately owned, growth-oriented business operating in a multi-site commercial environment with a mix of distribution, service delivery, and operational support functions. Over a relatively short period,...

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Your Operations Are Quietly Bleeding You Dry. The Cuts You Haven’t Made Are Killing You.

March 26, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Operational inefficiency in Caribbean businesses is not a minor drag on performance — it is a structural threat to survival. TRANSCEND™’s operational restructuring domain is your emergency triage protocol. For every month a Caribbean business continues with unaddressed operational inefficiency, it is burning through the financial reserves that could fund its recovery. Operational...

Financial Reporting & CFO Insights

The Reinsurance Trap: Why Caribbean Cedants Pay Too Much and Capture Too Little

Covenants Were Not Designed for Hurricanes: How to Stress-Test Loan Covenants Before They Stress-Test the Enterprise — and the Heat-Map That Surfaces the Dangerous Ones

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

Boardroom Readiness for Twin Peaks: Twelve Months to Build What the New Regime Will Require

The Legislative Reform Package: What the Twin Peaks Statutes Must Deliver

Investor Protection in a Twin Peaks World: From Disclosure to Outcomes

Measuring Jamaica Against IOSCO: A Principles-Based Diagnostic of the Jamaican Capital Market

The Diagnosis Behind the Reform: Why Jamaica Chose Twin Peaks, and What It Must Now Deliver

Internal Controls Case Study: How a Growing Business Improved Governance, Accountability and Control Discipline After Expansion

Your Operations Are Quietly Bleeding You Dry. The Cuts You Haven’t Made Are Killing You.

June 1, 2026The Hidden Systems Challenge of IFRS 20: Why Data, Controls and Audit Readiness Matter

June 1, 2026IFRS 20 and EBITDA: Why Lenders, Investors and Boards Must Pay Attention

June 1, 2026Regulatory Assets and Liabilities: The New Balance Sheet Reality Under IFRS 20 Meta Description

June 1, 2026Who Will Be Most Affected by IFRS 20? Utilities, Energy, Transport and Infrastructure in Focus

June 1, 2026From Tariffs to Financial Statements: How IFRS 20 Changes Revenue Reporting

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