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Moody’s Investors Service Provides Thought-Leadership in Latin America
Rating agency’s trusted insights can help decision-makers navigate turmoil and market volatility. With over a century of experience in evaluating creditworthiness and an expanding product suite, Moody’s Investors Service (MIS) is a leading global provider of credit ratings, research, and
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A Coup Remembered: 50 Years Later, Chile Still Split Over Pinochet Legacy
On this day fifty years ago, a pleasant pre-spring Tuesday, democracy fell to armed force in Chile. Absconded in La Moneda, probably one of the least gracious buildings erected by the Spanish in colonial times, the constitutional president of the
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Argentina Looks to Eccentric Outlier For an Economic Fix
A far-Right libertarian candidate has burst from nowhere to claim centre stage in Argentina’s election race. Javier Milei, a 52-year-old, self-described “anarcho-capitalist”, wants to shutter Argentina’s inept central bank, replace the long-suffering peso with the US dollar, abolish all but
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A Focus on People and Productivity Has Taken this El Salvador Bank to New Heights — in Just Three Years
Brand new and eager to achieve noble ambitions, Banco Hipotecario is going from strength-to-strength Since June 2019 and the installation of the administration of President Nayib Bukele, El Salvador’s Banco Hipotecario has been tweaking the function of banking. The state
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A Country Reborn, Held Close by a Caring and Compassionate Bank
As Brazil exits an oppressive regime, CAIXA is there to ease the transition to inclusion and protection for people and planet. CAIXA Econômica Federal has a wholesome raison d’etre: to promote a fraternal, just, and egalitarian society that conserves and
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Social Activist-Turned-Chief Executive: Leader Showing True Commitment to Worthy Causes — and to Brazil’s People
CAIXA’s Maria Rita Serrano understands challenge and inequality, and strives to overcome both. Brazil is currently facing major political and economic challenges — and CAIXA has the tools to tackle those issues. At the head of the bank is CEO
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IFC’s Alfonso García Mora: On the Frontlines of Climate Change and War
To mitigate the harmful effects of climate change requires the mobilisation of trillions of dollars. IFC Regional Vice-President for Europe, Latin America, and the Caribbean Alfonso García Mora is encouraged by the outcome of COP27 where it was decided –
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Nothing Beats Local Knowledge — and WTW I Unity Head Louis “Tito” Ducruet Knows his Territory
Customer-centricity and an eye on climate-change ensure steady evolution of go-ahead insurer with WTW I Unity Head Louis “Tito” Ducruet. Understanding local needs and establishing a customer-centric strategy have typified Louis “Tito” Ducruet’s career for over 40 years. As managing
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Know the Risks and ‘See’ the Future with the Integrity and Transparency of Moody’s Local
The Moody’s name and brand is internationally famous — and the agency’s Latin American platform brings local knowledge to the fore. Latin American domestic credit ratings and research agency Moody’s Local serves the needs of financial markets in Argentina, Bolivia,
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Rich Pickings for Carlos Slim, a Financial Prodigy who Started Young — and Kept on Going
Wealth and status mean little to the founder of Grupo Carso who allows himself the occasional indulgence of a fine cigar… By TONY LENNOX Depending on the state of the world’s stock markets and which wealth-list you consult, Carlos Slim
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