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BVI Finance: One Country’s Role in the Ongoing Globalisation Story
BVI Finance is the voice of the British Virgin Islands’ financial services industry. Here chief executive Elise Donovan gives CFI.co readers a glimpse of a globalised, co-operative future… One of the topics under discussion at this year’s World Economic Forum
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AAY Investments Group: Panama-based Company Earns a Happy Niche in the VC World
Panama-based Venture Capital Funding firm AAY Investments Group started life in 1986 — and has been able to adapt to the buffeting of changing times and challenging economic trends. The group is made up of Templeton Equity, Swiss Credit &
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Tightening Financial Conditions Bring Impacts to Asset Values
In the first half of this year, US stock markets suffered a fall not seen in more than 50 years. The S&P 500 index on Thursday June 30 was more than 20 percent down compared to January, a drop not
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New York, New York Still has the ‘Welcome’ Mat Out, but it Helps if you’re Wealthy…
“If you can make it there, you’ll make it anywhere…” — but just what does it take to make it in the Big Apple? CFI.co trips through the realities of living in New York City with facts, figures — and
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Octa Investama Berjangka: The Remarkable Rise and Rise of an Innovative Indonesian Broker
Octa Investama Berjangka notes three main factors that have contributed to its success. In the past decade, the burgeoning Indonesian economy has sparked interest among investors. Octa Investama Berjangka’s founders were quick to spot the trend — and act on
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Generali Investments CEE: Leading by Example, with Proximity to Clients and a Firm Sustainability Focus
Generali Investments CEE, the leading investment company in Central and Eastern Europe, draws on its experience to provide funds which are a perfect fit the region. The company stays on top of latest trends but keeps its focus and emphasis
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Modern Modem Mobsters are Costing the World a Fortune
The internet has come a long way since the good old days of dial-up. It was slow but relatively safe. What started as the shared domain of government agencies and universities has morphed into an all-encompassing phenomenon — and a
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Patrik Lundström: Break on Through to the Green Side of Clothing Production…
Every entrepreneur wants to build a business on a breakthrough process; not many have done so. On the back of a breakthrough process, perhaps; but true pioneers are thin on the ground. We have one for you here, though, all
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Lutz Schwenke: Life — and Business — on an Ocean Wave
Devon has some of the best surfing beaches in the UK — a fact which may have played a part in persuading a young Lutz Schwenke to study at the University of Plymouth. But it was also the knowledge that
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Ramón Martínez Carrera: A Sustained Upward Trajectory — Ethical Strategy Proves a Winner
Industry pioneer Active Capital Reinsurance, Ltd. (Active Re) was founded in in Barbados in 2007, and now has offices in the US, Panama, and Spain. Chief executive Ramón Martínez Carrera reflects on the company’s guiding principles… Throughout its 15 years of operation,
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