Author Archives: Mat Youkee

Panama’s location, canal link and banking sector make it a strategic partner for China as Beijing pursues its Belt and Road Initiative. Few regions have enjoyed more benefits from China’s […]

Demand is up for metals as stimulus money pumped into economies to counteract the COVID-19 pandemic has companies looking under every rock for sought after minerals. Will the new found […]

COVID-19 has changed the face of global trade. Panama – the hub of the Americas – will need to invest and adapt if it is to thrive In June 2016 […]

Record copper prices are at the forefront of a global commodities boom. The economies of Chile and Peru, the world’s largest producers of the red metal, will receive a shot-in-the […]

The Covid-19 pandemic has seriously undermined incumbent governments and boosted Latin America’s political left to its strongest point since the ‘pink wave’ of socialist governments in the early 2000s. This […]

The naming of experienced economist José Antonio Ocampo as Colombia’s finance minister was seen by many in the investment world as a positive sign for the country’s economic stability. A […]

With a war and sanctions driving up global commodity prices, Latin America has a chance to gain more share in everything from energy to food and minerals. Will it? The […]

A hostile bid by one of Colombia’s richest men may break up GEA, the country’s biggest business conglomerate, and accelerate its internationalization. It could also paralyze the local capital markets. […]

With the end of cheap money and a plunge in bond and stock prices in 2022, wealth managers have had to search for returns. Of all the investments, Latin America […]