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CFI.co Meets the CEO of Jáuregui y Del Valle: Luis Gerardo del Valle Torres
Luis Gerardo del Valle Torres is the managing partner of Jáuregui y Del Valle, S.C. and a practitioner specializing in tax consultancy services including domestic and cross-border transactions; structuring of investment funds for real estate funds and pension plans; private
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Ernst & Young, Argentina: Legal Certainties in Argentina – Court Sides with Business
Sergio Caveggia and Leonardo Favaretto of EY explain the implications of the Spinna Argentina SRL case with regard to Income Tax Law and Argentine Business Associations Law and what current regulations say in these cases. Recently, the Federal Court of
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OECD: Time, Trade and Trade Facilitation
Time is money and a lot of money and opportunities are being lost due to painstakingly long customs procedures, waiting times at ports and long lead times. Although “time is money” is a universal idiom, few have looked into how
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World Bank Group: Financial Inclusion – Banking on Low-Income Households
Financial exclusion restricts economic opportunity and constrains poverty reduction. Yet today there are an estimated 2.5 billion adult people worldwide who go about their lives without any formal financial services such as bank accounts. According to the World Bank’s Global
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United Nations Office for Project Services (UNOPS): Sustainable Results in Challenging Environments
From building shelters in Haiti or helping to improve the school system in South Sudan, to buying medicines in Myanmar or equipment for clearing the snowy passes of Afghanistan – UNOPS provides sustainable infrastructure, project management and procurement services in
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Zurich Insurance Company: Insurance in Latin America – Economic Growth Brings New Opportunities
To continue its success story, Latin America will need to address a number of socio-economic challenges. Insurance has the potential to help the nations of the region to tackle such challenges. Yet insurance potential of the region remains largely untapped.
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Peter Macnee: IFC Helps Virgin Mobile Find Untapped Demographic
For Mobile Virtual Network Operators (MVNO) Latin America is virgin territory. Barely 0.5% of installed network capacity is currently leased out to providers that do not themselves own any telecom assets. UK operator Virgin Mobile has taken note and is
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Emmanuel Nnadozie, ACBF: Africa – BRICS Partnership Is Growing Rapidly
Emerging trends show that recently the BRICS group has become a major force in the global economic arena. The OECD predicts that the balance of economic power is expected to shift dramatically over the next fifty years with China becoming
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Alessandro Carlucci: Going Global on Intuition and Emotion
Ethics and aesthetics: That is what Alessandro Carlucci sells as CEO of Brazilian cosmetics firm Natura, now wrapping up its 44th year in business with an annual revenue north of $3.2bn. At the forefront of conservation efforts and mindful of
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Corporate Tax and Transfer Pricing Forum Brazil
With frequent and significant changes occurring to Brazil’s corporate tax and transfer pricing rules in the last year, it is critical that companies quickly adjust to the new landscape in order to avoid investigations, litigation and huge fines which can
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