Monetary Authority Releases 2024 Business Plan
The Bermuda Monetary Authority [BMA] has released its 2024 Business Plan, stating that the “forward-looking blueprint details initiatives and projects to achieve positive outcomes and strengthen Bermuda’s regulatory framework for the upcoming year.”
A spokesperson said, “Additionally, the plan highlights a continued focus on holistically addressing operational resilience requirements across the financial services sector.
“Several notable highlights in the 2024 BMA roadmap include the following:
- Enhancing the BMA’s regulatory and supervisory regimes to meet the evolving needs of today’s financial services companies
- Embracing employee engagement and Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DEI] strategies as the foundation of operational success
- Building out the Insurance Code of Conduct to uphold the importance of financial transparency, consumer protection and education initiatives
- Continuing to embed an Environmental, Social and Governance [ESG] model and a Sustainability Strategy to promote environmental stewardship, social responsibility and economic resilience
“These initiatives fit alongside the ongoing objectives the Authority will carry into 2024, such as streamlining its workflows with digital tools and innovations, enhancing regulatory and supervisory regimes to ensure they remain agile and fit for purpose and helping firms bolster their network security protocols in response to cybersecurity risks and events.”
In the document’s foreword, the BMA’s Chief Executive Officer, Craig Swan stated, “The Authority’s strategy is underpinned by deep expertise and cross-functional viewpoints designed to champion innovation. This plan’s many thoughtfully curated objectives will optimise excellence while simultaneously preparing the organisation to meet and address emerging challenges that impact the regulatory environment. In a continually fluctuating business climate, this approach enables the BMA to open new pathways for enhancing our abilities and innovative practices today and for many years to come.”
The spokesperson said, “Interested parties may find the document on the BMA’s website at https://www.bma.bm/publications/business-plan.”
While companies outside of Bermuda are reducing or ending their Diversity, Equity and Inclusion [DEI] & Environmental, Social and Governance [ESG] programs, BMA is doing the opposite. No statistics on employee race are published in the Plan or the Annual Report.
Sustainability Strategy? Really? What is sustainability? It is undefined in the Plan and Annual Report.
Interesting, nothing in the Plan talks about getting salaries and bonuses under control.
From the Annual Report 2022
Salaries & Bonuses: $42,092,000
Employees Dec 31, 2022: 235 (+16 from 2021)
= $179,114.89 per employee!!!
One wonders what the top people are making.