As a financial centre of major importance to the global financial system, the British Virgin Islands (BVI) have always set the highest standards of transparency, regulation, collaboration, enforcement and cooperation. As an International Finance Centre (I...

When most people think of Wyoming, they think of beef, making it clear why Wyoming is known as the Cowboy State; its official sport is rodeo. Historically, the state has long depended on cattle, sheep, pig and chicken livestock farming for its livelihood....

Brazil has always been considered the country of the future. With a large, low-income consumer market, and a wide variety of industrial and natural resources, Brazil’s promise lies in the ability of its government to control inflation and strengthen...

Announcements that JAC Motors are building a manufacturing plant in Brazil should come as no surprise to anyone who has been monitoring the rapid growth that is taking place in the Brazilian car-manufacturing sector. In fact the country has the fourth lar...

As banks around the world continue to struggle with the impact of the recent recession as well as the inflation that is found in the economies of many nations today, Spanish banks are facing their own share of problems. Once considered somewhat of a favou...

Brazil-based JSL prides itself in offering its clientele not only the most extensive portfolio of logistics services in the country but also the most competitive. The company proved a leader in its sector in terms of net revenue and has experienced impres...

Uruguay’s recent economic performance, together with the stability of its political, economic and social institutions and its valuable human and cultural heritage, have made it a safe destination for investment and residence. Uruguay has an area of 176,...

It is said that all companies are wrapped in a context that either benefits or prejudices them, and many are sensitive to changes in policy, currency, climate and the economy. Although  variances in copper prices are an important catalyst for the com...

US President Barack Obama late on Thursday unveiled to the nation a higher than expected $447bn employment programme and demanded in a nationally televised address “a stop to the political circus.”The president urged lawmakers several times to...

The 1990s offered a rainbow of case studies of risk management failings in markets, financial regulators, financial institutions, non-financial institutions and even countries as a whole; showing the vital need for integrated operational risk management s...