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Fortman Cline: Are Boutique Investment Banks Here to Stay?
The financial crisis of 2007 spawned a proliferation of boutique investment banks as larger institutions started laying-off staff and eliminating proprietary trading desks. Most investment bankers have from time-to-time questioned what talents — other than deal-making — they possess. Those
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Valores Unión S.A.: Breaking Into the Bolivian Stock Market Made Easier and Simpler
Valores Unión S.A. Agencia de Bolsa (Brokerage Agency) has participated in the Bolivian Securities Market since 1994, carrying out stock exchange operations. With 25 years of experience in the Bolivian Stock Market, the brokerage has become a reference for longevity
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Dammam West Independent Sewage Treatment Plant: Another Step to Realising Ambitious Infrastructural Projects in the KSA
The Saudi Ministry of Environment, Water and Agriculture is embracing a new approach to strategic projects, contracting the country’s first independent sewage treatment plant project to the consortium led by the Metito Group and comprising of the companies; Metito, Mowah,
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Etihad Credit Insurance: Creating a Central Role in a Changing Economic Landscape
The UAE’s burgeoning non-oil exports over the past three decades have made it one of the most diversified economies in the GCC. By using the UAE as a model, Massimo Falcioni, the CEO of federal export credit company Etihad Credit
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The Credit Direct Story: Audacity, Innovation, and a Heart for Inclusiveness
With a culture of simple execution, consistency, dedication and authenticity Credit Direct Ltd has carved a niche for itself in Africa’s largest economy and most populous nation. Credit Direct pioneered the unsecured lending business in Nigeria, and in the following
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Simba Group, Nigeria: Strategy Written in Pencil, Values Engraved in Stone
CFI.co: Simba is present in several sectors that are key to Nigeria’s development. Can you tell us about the group’s journey to this point? Kunal Grover: The Simba Group has been operating in Nigeria since 1988. Our flagship company, Wandel
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An Exclusive Interview with Gabriel Chaleplis, Founder: The Leader That Makes Leaders
What helps to differentiate you from the competition? Gabriel Chaleplis: Since the beginning of the internet, platform-providers around the globe faced a crucial challenge: Online betting and gaming can be a market of minute margins. In the last 20-plus years,
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Ronald Gutiérrez — Experience Pays Off for Banco Ganadero CEO
J Ronald Gutiérrez López is a renowned Bolivian businessman and economist, born in Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia. He has more than 30 years of experience in the banking sector — 16 of them dedicated to leading Banco Ganadero.
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Banco Santander Chile Management: Chilean Bank Taken Into New Territory by Vibrant Leaders
Claudio Melandri is the president of the Board of Directors of Santander Chile, and Santander Group’s country head for Chile. He began his career in Banco Concepción and in 1990 joined the group, where he has held various roles, including
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Financial Services CEO Puts the Pedal to Metal and ADGM Goes Scorching Ahead
Richard Teng is the CEO of the Financial Services Regulatory Authority (FSRA) of Abu Dhabi Global Market (ADGM), an internationally recognised and award winning financial centre in the United Arab Emirates’ Capital. ince joining ADGM in March 2015, Teng has
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