The Bank of Jamaica on February 9, 2010, following a
confidence-boosting injection of funds from the IMF, reduced by fifty basis
points to ten percent – the rate on its key thirty-day open-market instrument,
signalling the downward trend in interest rate.
BPM Financial launched its IRA dubbed 'Personal Pension' on July 13, 2010. It was a natural fit for a company which has been in the retirement-planning business for over fifteen years.