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CFI.co Meets the CEO of ARC Ltd: Dolika Banda
African Risk Capacity Insurance Company Limited appointed a new chief executive officer in September 2016 to lead the insurance mutual in its next phase of growth across Africa. “I am both honoured and proud to steer alongside Ngozi Okonjo-Iweala and
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Paul Krugman: The Last of the Keynesians
He doesn’t hold out high hopes for the Trump presidency: in fact, calamity is on the horizon. Barely a month into the Trump Administration, economics professor and New York Times columnist Paul Krugman concluded that the high and exalted office
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France: Touch and Go
So far this year, Europe’s centre ground has held firm – sort of. After Dutch populist Geert Wilders in March failed to significantly expand his following, French voters on Sunday rejected Marine Le Pen in the decisive round of the
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Ernst & Young: Argentina – New Government Measures to Improve and Strengthen Employment
Argentine payroll costs are the highest in Latin America, standing at a maximum of 40%. Social security and health care employer contributions amount to 23% or 27%, based on each employer, whereas contributions withheld from employees stand at 17%. In
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Article 50 Invoked: For All the Wrong Reasons
Driving a wedge right down the middle of British society and shattering a disconcerting number of endearing stereotypes, Brexit has now been served – fully nine months after a slim majority of voters expressed a wish to leave the European
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DeVere Group: Decisive Move Into Private and Investment Banking
One of the world’s largest financial consultancy services providers has moved into banking. Late last year, deVere Group acquired the St Lucia branch of Arton Bank in order to gain a foothold in private banking, and earlier this month the
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Evan Harvey, Nasdaq: A Short-Term Look at Long-Term Growth – The Expert Outlook on 2017
Given the rapidly changing state of our global economic and political picture, it can be daunting to integrate sustainability strategies into business practices. This has ever been the case, but perhaps the tension between short-term deliverables and longer-term principles is
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Leyla Aliyev, Heydar Aliyev Foundation: Azerbaijan’s Can-Do First Daughter
As Donald Trump moved into the White House, reluctantly swapping his gold-clad luxury pad in New York for the relatively austere dwelling on Pennsylvania Avenue, half a world away a government is celebrating the arrival of its moment: Azerbaijan is
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Behind the Scenes, Berlin and Beijing Are Forging a New World Order
Geopolitics are on the move with a possibly violent upheaval in the offing. Earlier this month, at the World Economic Forum in Davos, President Xi Jinping of China donned the mantle of globalism – promising to carry the torch about
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Bob Dylan: Things Have Not Changed
In 1963, The National Emergency Civil Liberties Committee handed its annual Tom Paine Award to Bob Dylan for his contribution to the fight for civil liberties. The 22-year old Dylan did in fact show up to its Bill of Rights
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