The proposed easing of restrictions on foreign ownership in Mexico’s banking sector reported by LatinFinance in May (Right Place, Right Time, Issue 97) appeared to be tailor-made for Banca Serfin […]
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Informal Benefits
In keeping with its reputation as a land of innumerable paradoxes, Mexico usually produces a silver lining to every kind of cloud-even when those clouds are laden with cement. In […]
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No Place Like Home (building)
It may sound like Dorothy’s refrain from the “Wizard of Oz,” but when it comes to Mexico’s construction industry right now, there is clearly “no place like home.” That is […]
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Caribbean Players
Until recently, foreign banks have dominated the Caribbean banking industry. But through growth, diversification and improved service, two Trinidadian banks are vying to become the premier banking and financial services […]
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Flying the Island Skies
The battle for dominance of the Caribbean airways is heating up over the islands and isn’t expected to cool any time soon. Trinidad is serving as the centerpiece for the […]
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In their own words. (Antoine van Agtmael)
Antoine van Agtmael, Emerging Markets Investors Corp. Sometime after arriving in New York from Asia in 1979, Dutch investment banker Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging markets” as a […]
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In their own words. (Jaime Serra Puche)
Jaime Serra Puche, Serra&Associates InternationalAs Mexican secretary of commerce from 1988 to 1994, Jaime Serra Puche was the Salinas administration’s point man for the negotiations on the North American Free […]
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In their own words. (Lacey Gallagher)
Lacey Gallagher, Standard and Poor’s After working early in her career on Asian development policy, Lacey Gallagher became an analyst in the bank supervision area for the New York Federal […]
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Lacey Gallagher, Standard and Poor’s After working early in her career on Asian development policy, Lacey Gallagher became an analyst in the bank supervision area for the New York Federal […]
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In their own words. (Nicholas Lands)
Nicholas Landes, Banco Popular Nicholas Landes returned to his native Ecuador in 1982 as general manager of Citibank’s operations in that country. In late 1985, he saw an opportunity to […]