The Bank of Jamaica (BoJ) has announced the appointment of two new Deputy Governors. In a statement on Tuesday (January 29), the BoJ said Chief of its Banking and Market Operations Division, Natalie Haynes, and the institution’s Supervision Evaluation Expert, E. George Roper, have been promoted to the Executive Management Team, effective February 18, 2019. In her new position, Mrs....

The Ministry of Finance and the Public Service will be taking ‘Boots to Street’ to Liguanea in Kingston, on Wednesday, January 30, to heighten awareness of its role, and to inform regular citizens how they can achieve financial independence. Minister without Portfolio in the Ministry, Hon. Fayval Williams, will be a part of the contingent, helping to reinforce the Ministry’s...

Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke, says further buildout of Jamaica’s global services sector (GSS) by the Government over the next five years will generate significant job and skills training opportunities for women and youth in particular. The Administration has secured a US$15-million 24-year loan from the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) to implement the Skills...

Prime Minister, the Most Hon. Andrew Holness, has lauded the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) for being declared the Best Performing Stock Market globally in 2018 by Bloomberg Businessweek. This was highlighted in a January 18 article, titled, ‘Welcome to Jamaica: Home of the World’s Best Performing Stock Market’. Speaking at the JSE’s just-concluded 14th Regional Investments and Capital Markets conference...

Jamaica’s global services sector (GSS) is poised for further buildout over the next five years under a special programme being initiated by the Government, with Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) loan funding support totalling US$15 million. Finance and the Public Service Minister, Dr. the Hon. Nigel Clarke; and the IDB’s Chief of Operations, Adriana La Valley, on Thursday (January 24), signed...

A Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) was inked on January 23 between the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) and the Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) for the development and delivery of a series of alternative investment certificate courses and workshops for professionals in the capital markets. The courses that are to be offered through the JSE’s eCampus are Beginner’s Guide to Alternative...

The Planning Institute of Jamaica (PIOJ) is reporting that it has been reaping success from implementation of the Strategic Programme for Climate Resilience (SPCR) and has identified major outputs. The SPCR, which was approved in 2011, is geared towards mainstreaming climate change into development planning; providing information on novel approaches, including climate financing to overcome the challenges of climate change,...