Barbados Stock Exchange

3 BUSINESS VIEW CARIBBEAN VOLUME 9, ISSUE 10 ock Exchange T he Barbados Stock Exchange is on a journey to transform itself from a local securities lister to an international listing destination at par with countries like Singapore and Jamaica. The Barbadian bourse, which was re- incorporated in 2001 in accordance with the Securities Act 2001-13, is regulated by the Financial Services Commission and designated as a Recognized Stock Exchange by Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs (HMRC) in the United Kingdom. Considering the small size of the domestic securities market in the island nation, the BSE has recently trained its sights on international listings, an effort that has triggered several significant initiatives, as Malon Yarde, General Manager at BSE, explains. BSE + Block Station Blockchain Initiative “One of the major initiatives we’ve been working on since 2017 is digital assets,” says Yarde. “Originally, there was a lot of talk about initial coin offerings and MAK I NG F I NANC I AL WAVE S I N BARBADOS