Namibia’s Changing Tax Landscape – From Simple to Complex

The collection of revenue for the Namibian fiscus has been under scrutiny for some time.  Questions have been posed as to whether Namibia should change from a territorial (source) based tax system to a residency based system to increase the

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India’s Financial Sector – Defies the Global Trend – Continues to Emerge Stronger

India has witnessed an excellent growth over past two decades. Indian economy has expanded at a CAGR of 6.9% during this period. Besides economic growth, the country has prospered in a number of other areas as well. Its professionals have

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Emerging Managers Summit South

October 2012 – Las Vegas, NV If you are looking to expand and diversify your asset allocation by investing in emerging managers as well as women and minority owned investment managers, the emerging managers conference will provide the unique opportunity to

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World Pension Summit 2012

14 -16 NOVEMBER 2012 WorldPensionSummit is the platform ‘for and by’ Pension Professionals, exchanging knowledge and sharing the latest insights on Securing Sufficient Pension Provision. Over 300 pensions professionals from 42 countries attended the Summit in 2011 The WorldPensionSummit is the only objective and

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Emerging Managers Summit

The Radisson Blu Aqua Hotel Chicago, Chicago, IL May 30-June 1, 2012 If you are looking to expand and diversify your asset allocation by investing in emerging managers as well as women and minority owned investment managers, the emerging managers conference will

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Santander Committed to Brazil as Major Contributor to Bank’s Profits

Chairman Botin confirms the strategic importance of Santander Brazil, which accounts for the vast majority of the bank’s world-wide profits for the 1st quarter 2012. By Marco dos Santos The deepening crisis in Spain last week cast shadows over the financial

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HSBC Continues to Sell Non-Core Assets

HSBC is selling businesses in four South American countries as it carries on its plan of leaving what it regards as less promising markets. The deal is still subject to regulatory approval but HSBC has reported the sale of its

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Gold Becomes Peru’s Main Export Item in the First Quarter of 2012

Peruvian gold sales totalled 2.57 billion dollars in the first quarter of this year, making the commodity the country’s top export, the National Mining, Petroleum and Energy Society, SNMPE, announced. Total exports of gold soared 30% last year reaching 10.1bn

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More Phones Than People in Brazil

With the privatization in 1998, Brazil stopped being a country where the telephone was a privilege for the few. With over $ 235 billion of investments since then, the country is already has the world’s sixth largest telecommunications market. But

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Dubai’s Nakheel Says Back in the Black in H1

Nakheel, the Dubai developer that wrote down AED78.6bn ($21.4bn) from the value of its real estate as property prices in the emirate crashed, reported a first-half net profit on Monday. The architect behind Dubai’s palm-shaped island said it booked profit of AED526m ($143m)

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