While storm clouds in varying shades of grey hover over a number of International Financial Centres (IFCs), the sunlight continues to shine on Barbados. The island forges ahead with progressive initiatives to develop programmes and policies aimed at making it more appealing to discerning, international investors. Barbados has always differentiated itself from other IFCs by strategically expanding its growing network of double taxation and bilateral investment treaties while twinning that strategy with the high-quality lifestyle available - to attract investors.