February 2018 Newsletter – Know Your Employee

The headlines today are filled with many instances of how employees have caused reputational and financial damage to businesses because of bad publicity. How can this be prevented? The reality is, that although total prevention is impossible, regulated entities can minimize their risks by implementing practical Know Your Employee (KYE) solutions.

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January 2018 Newsletter – Legalisation by Apostille

A large number of countries all over the world have joined a treaty that greatly simplifies the authentication of public documents to be used abroad. This treaty is called the Convention de La Haye du 5 Octobre 1961 Abolishing the Requirement of Legalisation for Foreign Public Documents

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December 2017 Newsletter – The Year In Review

Staffing Changes, Compliance Matters, International Insurance, Revised Ordinances, Training, Seminars, Meetings, Statistics, Upcoming events for 2018

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November 2017 Newsletter – Global forum & CFATF Update

The 10th Plenary Meeting of the Global Forum on Transparency and Exchange of Information for Tax Purposes (the Global Forum Plenary) took place in Yaoundé, Cameroon on November 15th to 17th , 2017. The Commonwealth Secretariat (ComSec) also hosted a meeting of small states that are also International Financial Centres (IFCs) on November 14th, 2017 to discuss the Global Forum Plenary’s agenda items. The Federation of St. Kitts and Nevis was represented by Ms. Heidi-Lynn Sutton.

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October 2017 Newsletter – Record-Keeping Procedures

Record Keeping is the capture and retention of documents received during the business relationship or a one-off transaction.

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