Association News

On Tuesday, January 24, 2023, the Caribbean Alternative Investment Association (CARAIA), a not-for-profit regional organization based in Jamaica, held its third annual general meeting at the Jamaica Pegasus Hotel and online. With the rapid emergence of the Jamaican alternative investment market, CARAIA was established in 2019 through support from the Development Bank of Jamaica and the IDB Lab, under the Jamaica Venture Capital Programme.

An alternative investment includes private equity, private credit, venture capital, hedge fund, and other non-traditional financial assets. These investments are seen as critical to the…

CARAIA participated in the Jamaica Stock Exchange's 18th Regional Investments & Capital Markets Conference as a sponsor. The Conference which was held on January 24, 2023 to January 26, 2023, at the Jamaica Pegasus and online, involved government leaders, business leaders, media, and leading professionals from across the Caribbean, Africa, North America, South America, Europe, and Asia.

Our  Chairman, Beris Grey…

Innovative and alternative finance took centre stage last Thursday evening at the ATL Audi Showroom on Oxford Road in New Kingston as the Development Bank of Jamaica (DBJ) invited Jamaica's business class to talk about innovation, entrepreneurship and new models of investment. A collaborative effort of the DBJ's Boosting Innovation, Growth and Entrepreneurship Ecosystem (BIGEE) programme and the Caribbean Alternative Investments Association (CARAIA), the corporate mingle, dubbed Cocktails and Conversations, featured an update from CARAIA Chairman Berisford Grey on the growth of alternative finance in the region. Additionally, CARAIA…