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Auditing Regulated Entities: What Caribbean Boards Must Know About the Regulator’s Lens

In an ordinary audit, the audit opinion is the principal output and the audit file is the auditor’s working record. In an audit of a regulated entity — a credit union, an insurance company, a securities dealer, a pension fund administrator, a money services business, a bank — the picture changes. The audit opinion is...

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The Three-Bucket Doctrine: How Washington Just Re-Drew the Map of Digital Assets, and What It Means for the Caribbean Regulator’s Desk

May 12, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

If Article 1 of this series was the news, this article is the map. The CLARITY Act’s most consequential design choice is the explicit division of all digital assets into three regulatory buckets, each with a defined supervisor. The bucket a token falls into determines who regulates it, what disclosures attach to it, who can...

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The Bill That Changes Everything: Inside the U.S. CLARITY Act and the Triad That Will Reshape Caribbean Capital Markets

May 12, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

On Thursday morning, in a hearing room in Washington, the United States Senate Banking Committee will mark up a 309-page Bill that almost no one in the Caribbean is talking about. By Friday morning, the financial architecture that will govern the next decade of global capital formation will look meaningfully different. This article explains what...

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Anchored Expectations: How Caribbean Entrepreneurs Should Read the New Monetary Landscape

May 10, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

In Article 6 of this series, I argued that the capital structure which worked in 2021 will not work in 2026 — and that the refinance, the hedge, and the equity raise belong on the next board agenda. This week, the series turns to a less visible but equally consequential question: what does it mean...

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Indirect Tax and the Caribbean Consumer: VAT, GCT, and the Hidden Compliance Burden

March 5, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The E-Commerce Business That Did Not Know It Had Three Tax Problems The founder of a Caribbean e-commerce business had built something remarkable. Starting from a warehouse in Kingston, the company had grown in four years to become one of the region’s most successful online retailers of specialty consumer goods. Customers in Jamaica, Trinidad and...

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Offshore but Not Out of Reach: Cybersecurity Imperatives for Caribbean Offshore Financial Services and Legal Firms

March 2, 2026by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Breach That Crossed Borders A well-respected corporate law practice in a prominent Caribbean offshore financial centre had advised international clients on corporate structuring, trust administration, intellectual property holding arrangements, and regulatory compliance for over two decades. The firm’s client roster included Fortune 500 corporations, sovereign wealth funds, family offices, and high-net-worth individuals from...

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Don’t Want to Pay Tax? Move Here?

October 5, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

A Practical Guide to Zero-Income-Tax Jurisdictions—and Everything You Should Know For as long as modern tax systems have existed, people have asked a deceptively simple question: “Is there anywhere I can live and not pay personal income tax?” The short answer is yes—a small set of jurisdictions levy no personal income tax on salaries, wages,...

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From Monopoly to Market Dynamism: Driving Growth in The Bahamas

August 2, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

The Bahamas boasts one of the most developed economies in the Caribbean, anchored by tourism and financial services. However, this success masks significant structural challenges. Heavy reliance on these two sectors creates vulnerability to global shocks, while high costs of doing business and market concentration in key industries limit competitiveness. To remain resilient in an...

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Reaching New Frontiers: Digital Accounting Services Now in Panama, Trinidad, Belize, and Beyond

July 22, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

As the Caribbean and Latin America evolve into more connected and digitally driven economies, businesses across the region are seeking accounting solutions that are flexible, scalable, and borderless. At Dawgen Global, we’re meeting this demand head-on. With our cloud-based accounting infrastructure, reliable broadband connectivity, and regionally rooted expertise, we are now delivering digital accounting services...

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Understanding Liquidation and Reorganisation Under Bahamian Law: A Guide for Businesses

April 21, 2025by Dr Dawkins Brown

In the dynamic world of corporate finance, understanding the legal framework governing liquidation and reorganisation is essential for businesses navigating financial distress or strategic exit planning. In The Bahamas, the legal landscape offers structured liquidation mechanisms but notably lacks formal reorganisation procedures. This article explores the different types of liquidation processes and the limited scope...

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