On 1 January 2016, The Registrar General’s Department launched its new online system providing e-services to Registered Agents as well as to the public. In order to facilitate the new system, the Companies Act (“CA”) and the International Business Companies Act (“IBC Act”) were both amended effective as of 18 January 2016.

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FOCUS, Vol. 68, Issue 3/2026

In this issue, we examine Bahamian financial services through the introduction of usufructs; explore how intestacy, forced heirship, and...

The Evolution of Bahamian Financial Services: Usufructs and the Future of Wealth Structuring

In The Bahamas, several key themes have dominated developments in the legal and regulatory framework for financial services so...