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Trust Requires Evidence: AI Content Assurance, Source Provenance and the New Meaning of a Reliable Document

August 17, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

AI Content Assurance, Source Provenance and the New Meaning of a Reliable Document Executive Summary On 2 August 2026, a new legal duty took effect across the European Union. Under Article 50 of the EU AI Act, generative AI systems must mark their outputs in a machine-readable format so that synthetic content is detectable...

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The FSC VASP Consultation Explained: Timeline, Instruments and What Happens Next

June 29, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Jamaica’s Financial Services Commission has opened its proposed VASP licensing regime for public comment. Here is what is on the table, how to respond, and the road from consultation to a live licence. In short: the FSC published its proposed VASP licensing framework for public consultation on 10 June 2026, with comments due by...

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Introducing AEGIS™: A Five-Pillar AI Governance Framework for Caribbean Institutions

May 23, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

THE ARGUMENT IN ONE PARAGRAPH Artificial intelligence does not extend the risk surface of an institution — it inverts the assumptions on which the institution’s governance was built. The Landmark Edition of Caribbean Boardroom Perspectives set out The Governance Inversion Thesis, arguing that AI requires governance itself to be re-architected, not merely extended. This...

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Inside the Numbers: How CSM Run-off, Risk Adjustment, and Onerous-Contract Testing Are Quietly Reshaping Earnings

May 21, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Three IFRS 17 mechanics that most Caribbean boards do not yet fully understand — and which determine reported profits more than any underwriting decision Three IFRS 17 mechanics — the Contractual Service Margin run-off pattern, the risk adjustment calibration, and the onerous contract test — together drive the majority of reported insurance earnings under...

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ESG That Is Not Financed: Aligning Sustainability Commitments with Capital Architecture

May 7, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Reserve Bay Hospitality Group — the name is composite, the events are real — is a Caribbean integrated hospitality enterprise I have spent considerable time advising. The group operates four properties across two territories: a five-hundred-and-twenty-room flagship resort on a Jamaican north-coast site, a smaller boutique sister property at one hundred and forty rooms on...

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Maturity Mismatch: The Silent Killer of Caribbean Balance Sheets — and the Discipline of Walking the Wall Before It Arrives

May 6, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

There is a Caribbean hospitality group I will call Cascade Resorts — a composite drawn from advisory engagements with regional hotel operators, with all identifying details changed but every operational and balance sheet fact preserved. Cascade operates four properties across two Caribbean territories, employs approximately 920 staff, generates annual revenue of US$78 million, and earns...

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...

Trust Requires Evidence: AI Content Assurance, Source Provenance and the New Meaning of a Reliable Document

The FSC VASP Consultation Explained: Timeline, Instruments and What Happens Next

Introducing AEGIS™: A Five-Pillar AI Governance Framework for Caribbean Institutions

Inside the Numbers: How CSM Run-off, Risk Adjustment, and Onerous-Contract Testing Are Quietly Reshaping Earnings

ESG That Is Not Financed: Aligning Sustainability Commitments with Capital Architecture

Maturity Mismatch: The Silent Killer of Caribbean Balance Sheets — and the Discipline of Walking the Wall Before It Arrives

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

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