Regulatory & Standards

Proof of Reserves Explained: The New Quarterly Audit for Jamaican Exchanges and Custodians

Jamaica’s VASP regime introduces a recurring, independently audited proof of reserves for trading platforms and custodians. Here is what it is, why it matters, what makes it credible, and how to be ready. In short: under Jamaica’s proposed VASP regime, Class A (trading platforms) and Class C (custodians) must demonstrate — at least...

AI & Emerging Technology Board & Governance IT & Digital Transformation Regulatory & Standards

VASP Licensing Requirements in Jamaica: The Complete Checklist

June 28, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Everything you must assemble to apply for a virtual asset service provider licence — eligibility, capital, fit and proper, cybersecurity, AML/CFT, substance and class-specific conditions — in one practical, printable checklist. In short: to be licensed as a VASP in Jamaica, an applicant must be a Jamaican-incorporated company that can demonstrate a credible...

AI & Emerging Technology Board & Governance IT & Digital Transformation Regulatory & Standards

The Six VASP Licence Classes in Jamaica: Which One Does Your Business Need?

June 28, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A practical decision guide to Classes A through F — what each one covers, the activity that triggers it, the obligations that come with it, the annual fee, and how to scope the right licence (or licences) before you spend. In short: Jamaica’s proposed VASP regime creates six licence classes — A (trading platforms),...

AI & Emerging Technology Board & Governance IT & Digital Transformation Regulatory & Standards Risk & Compliance

Jamaica’s Proposed VASP Licensing Regime: The Complete Guide

June 27, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Everything businesses, boards and investors need to understand about how Jamaica will license and supervise virtual asset service providers — the six license classes, capital and substance, AML/CFT, proof of reserves, fees, and the road to enactment. In short: the Financial Services Commission (FSC) has proposed a full licensing regime for virtual asset service...

Actuarial Services Advisory & Consulting Board & Governance Financial Services Regulatory & Standards Risk & Compliance

Stress-Testing the Future: Building Resilience Before the Shock

June 27, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A business plan is a single confident line into an uncertain future. Stress-testing fills the silence around it — answering not what we expect, but what would happen if we are wrong, and how wrong we can afford to be. Every business plan is a single confident line drawn into an uncertain future. It...

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Capital Set Free: How Actuarial Optimisation Releases Trapped Value

June 27, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Much of the capital a financial institution holds is trapped — locked away by crude measurement and inefficient structure, not by any genuine requirement. Releasing it, safely, is among the highest-value things actuarial work can do. Capital is the most expensive resource a financial institution holds. An insurer, a bank, a credit union must...

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The Liability on Your Balance Sheet You May Be Underestimating

June 24, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Beyond pensions, IAS 19 captures gratuities, long-service awards, post-retirement medical cover and accumulated leave. Unfunded and long-dated, these obligations are routinely under-provided — until an actuary measures them properly. Most boards know there is a number on their balance sheet for the pension plan. Far fewer are confident about the other employee-benefit obligations sitting beside...

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De-Risking the Pension Promise Before It De-Rails the Balance Sheet

June 24, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

A defined-benefit pension can be the largest financial risk an organisation carries — quiet for years, then suddenly decisive. De-risking is how a board takes control before circumstances do. A defined-benefit pension is one of the longest promises an organisation can make. It commits an employer, often decades in advance, to pay a member...

Actuarial Services IT & Digital Transformation Regulatory & Standards Risk & Compliance

Making IFRS 17 Work in the Caribbean: Beyond Compliance to Insight

June 22, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The most significant change to insurance accounting in a generation is also the region’s largest untapped source of management insight — if insurers stop treating it as a reporting chore. IFRS 17 is the most significant change to insurance accounting in a generation, and for most Caribbean insurers it arrived as the largest...

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From Compliance to Competitive Edge: The Five Stages of Actuarial Value

June 22, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

Every organisation that carries financial risk sits somewhere on a five-stage continuum — usually without having chosen its position. Knowing where you are, and what it would take to climb, is the first strategic decision a board should make. There is a tendency, in boardrooms and management teams alike, to think of actuarial...

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Proof of Reserves Explained: The New Quarterly Audit for Jamaican Exchanges and Custodians

VASP Licensing Requirements in Jamaica: The Complete Checklist

The Six VASP Licence Classes in Jamaica: Which One Does Your Business Need?

Jamaica’s Proposed VASP Licensing Regime: The Complete Guide

Stress-Testing the Future: Building Resilience Before the Shock

Capital Set Free: How Actuarial Optimisation Releases Trapped Value

The Liability on Your Balance Sheet You May Be Underestimating

Making IFRS 17 Work in the Caribbean: Beyond Compliance to Insight

From Compliance to Competitive Edge: The Five Stages of Actuarial Value

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