Global Finance

DECEMBER 6, 2024

Peru boasts a solid economy, rich mineral reserves, and investment opportunities, despite political unrest. billion in investment by the end of 2024, with a positive outlook for the next two years. Peru is often synonymous with its tourist attractions like Machu Picchu or the Nazca Lines.

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Global Finance

JUNE 9, 2025

Attending were 18 startups, 31 FIs, and representatives of government regulatory bodies, technology-solutions providers, and consulting and investment firms. It partners primarily with startups in Series A and Series B rounds of investments—those that have already demonstrated strong market traction and a market fit for their products.

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Global Finance

APRIL 3, 2025

Foreign direct investment (FDI) has tripled, and the number of investors has increased tenfold. Investment-Friendly Rules To strengthen the business climate, Saudi Arabia has enacted a number of regulatory reforms, including a new investment law that came into effect in February.

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

billion have been allocated in the categories renewable energy, green buildings, and clean transportation, with projects located in Albania, Bulgaria, Croatia, Hungary, Romania, Serbia, and Slovenia. Sustainalytics reports that since the 2022 green bond issuance under the SFF, 1.26 Established in 1975, it has provided over $5.3

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 28, 2024

None of which, however has thus far discouraged foreign direct investment. A leading foreign company operating in Togo is Heidelberg Material, which is planning new investments in environmental and industrial sectors and funding sustainable solutions in cement production using alternative materials. GRP growth (2023): 5.4%

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 30, 2024

Fitch upgraded the country’s sovereign rating to investment grade in July, to BBB- from BB+, with a stable outlook, and upgraded several Azeri commercial and banking entities, including SOCAR and ABB, the International Bank of Azerbaijan. of GDP in 2024. He’s gotten away with a lot, and I expect this to continue,” she adds. “He

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Future CFO

NOVEMBER 27, 2024

Manual work is being challenged and companies need to invest in Automation and Digital experience for people to stay engaged," says Pervez. Companies should invest in the continuous professional development by taking a more holistic approach to upskilling to stay ahead and be equipped for the future."

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Global Finance

MARCH 3, 2025

BTG Pactual Best Bank for Sustainable Finance Sustainable Finance Deal of the Year Best Impact Investing Solution Circular Economy Commitment Award Best Bank for Sustaining Communities BTG Pactual has driven growth through its commitment to sustainable practices and transition to a low-carbon economy. billion) in socioeconomic benefits.

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Global Finance

MARCH 5, 2025

This is part of a government strategy to build a more diversified economy, attract foreign investment, and create jobs for citizens, Al-Fassam told the local media. In parallel, the government aims to improve investment frameworks and litigation procedures, and ease foreign ownership rules. Last year, $8.7 billion for 124 projects.

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Global Finance

MARCH 2, 2025

Investment in the energy transition must more than double to $4.5 Green Investing’s Mismatched Realities The view is quite different, though, in the financial trenches, among practitioners who are raising capital and structuring deals. They worry about too much capital chasing too few green investments.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

The partnership augments the bank’s defining strength: its ability to support intra-African trade and investments critical for SMEs’ growth. The bank offers financial products for various types of SME businesses, including agriculture and fisheries, manufacturing, education, health-care, tourism, and transportation companies.

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CFO Talks

MAY 20, 2025

The challenge lies in life after, where the entity has to compete in a vastly different environment, both micro and macro, facing a regulatory minefield of red tape, increased compliance issues, political uncertainty, increased global economic volatility, skill shortages, low investment and growth, inadequate infrastructure, and high input costs.

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Future CFO

DECEMBER 8, 2024

Continued investment in digital systems and security infrastructure Companies in 2025 will invest in innovative new solutions such as process automation and generative AI to support growth. And with inflation slowing, businesses have an opportunity to extract more value from travel investments. The five predictions are: 1.

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Global Finance

MAY 1, 2025

KFH’s Islamic banking products and services cover commercial, retail, and corporate banking; as well as real estate, trade finance, project finance, asset management, and investments. GFH concluded Shariah-compliant investments totaling $450 million in the US real estate sector in early 2024.

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 31, 2024

While home sales and consumer spending have slowed since pandemic-related restrictions ended in early 2023, banks have been busy brainstorming, designing, and introducing clever business strategies, investment paths, and customer services to support and reinvigorate their sector.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 9, 2024

Rising Shipping Costs The world has very much changed, and the risks of global manufacturing and transportation have increased tremendously, says Zach Zacharia, associate professor of supply chain management and director of the Center for Supply Chain Research at Lehigh Universitys College of Business.

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Global Finance

MAY 16, 2025

Global reinsurers, for example, are investing heavily in climate research and modelling capabilities to assist insurance brokers in developing specialized climate advisory services that help clients understand and mitigate their exposures. . “Continuing business as usual would lead to market disruptions and coverage gaps.

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Global Finance

JULY 14, 2025

billion foreign direct investment in 2024 was channelled into manufacturing. billion of investment in the region to help improve the ocean economy. Juan Ariel Jiménez Núñez , former Economics Minister Eduardo Sanz Lovatón, director general of customs, sees the Dominican Republic becoming the Caribbean’s most important logistics center.

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Global Finance

APRIL 7, 2025

At first glance, Bulgaria, one of the poorest countries in the EU, might not seem like an obvious destination for foreign direct investment (FDI), given its reputation for slow-moving bureaucracy, limited transparency, and political instability. Foreign Direct Investment: Stock of FDI: $57.4 billion, inflows = 2.8%

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Global Finance

OCTOBER 29, 2024

In investment grade bonds, we’re now at spreads of 80 basis points. There’s clearly a feed-through to energy prices, and it could be a headwind to some of our issuers of things like transportation that rely on energy costs. In terms of defensiveness, we like investment grade over high yields. That’s the tightest since 2022.

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Global Finance

DECEMBER 5, 2024

Foreign Direct Investment (FDI) trends show that Chinese companies are relocating to Mexico to produce there and then ship into the U.S., For example, consider the recent storm in Valencia, where people were unable to communicate, transport goods, or clear roads. The question is: what can Trump demand in exchange for rules of origin?

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 16, 2025

His responsibilities include the firms strategic direction, investment management and risk oversight, portfolio management, and mentoring. As a student at Harvard, he investigated methods to apply modeling to portfolio management and began applying these methods to his own investments in 1985.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 22, 2025

The major costs of living, like housing, energy, and transportation are not particularly expensive compared to other highly-developed countries. His most recent book is is Rethinking Investing: A Very Short Guide to Very Long-Term Investing. There are few left to trust. Has America finally hit peak truck?

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

So those things are not things that we can control, but they nevertheless turn out to be really important if you want to understand the risks associated with the investment that you’re doing. Not only from a commercial estate investing perspective, but it’s also important to get some understanding of how expensive is it.

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The Big Picture

JUNE 16, 2025

I wanna, I want to get into some of the details before we start talking about markets and investing. And so I was going to have to invest and save on my own account to accomplish that. And I discovered that when you’re writing about investing, one of the key subjects that you have to nail down is the history of finance.

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 17, 2025

But they didn’t, interest rates didn’t go up, they didn’t suffer the, the crowding out problem of rising interest rates, you know, pushing investment down. And be sure and check out my new book, how Not to Invest The Bad Ideas, numbers, and Behaviors That Destroy Wealth Coming out March 18th of this year.

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Global Finance

FEBRUARY 4, 2025

Although the World Bank has warned that the global economy will see weak growth in 2025, the World Economic Forum predicts that emerging and developing economies are likely to be disproportionately impacted due to their dependence on foreign direct investment and exposure to energy and commodity supply risks.

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Barry Ritholtz

FEBRUARY 23, 2025

If we think of bitcoin investing as a virus, this virus can evolve, mutating and spreading to susceptible minds. Just as the rise of modern air transportation allowed highly contagious diseases to spread across the globe in days, the rise of social media allows highly contagious ideas to infect financial markets.(

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Reval

JULY 14, 2025

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Barry Ritholtz

MARCH 11, 2025

How different is it applying those wares on Wall Street in an investment environment versus the corporate world in a more, you know, execution basis? You know, the textbook tells you interest rates go up and investment will fall. You had a lot of narrative and belief in worth worthwhile investments, data centers, software.

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Barry Ritholtz

MAY 20, 2025

And the firm is really a very interesting mix of quantitative value-based and factor-based investing. 00:01:42 [Speaker Changed] The career plan originally was urban development and transportation. So that was my first career, was working with various bus and transportation companies to improve the quality of life in the cities.

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CFO Dive

JUNE 24, 2025

chair of the Senate Commerce, Science, and Transportation Committee, presides over a hearing in January. As a condition of receiving a portion of a new $500 million federal investment to deploy AI, states that voluntarily seek these funds must agree to temporarily pause AI regulations and use the funding in a cost-efficient manner.

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The CFI Group

JULY 11, 2025

CVC invests in World of Talents With the entry of major private equity firm CVC, World of Talents gained a new engine for growth. Randstad acquired Zorgwerk from NPM Capital, the investment firm of the Fentener van Vlissingen family. The acquisition aligns with Bolster’s strategy of investing in high-quality niche players.

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Barry Ritholtz

OCTOBER 20, 2023

“I need the US Dollar to be a store of value between the time I make it until I spend it, invest it, pay my taxes with it, or give it away. To be more precise, I want to discuss the type of chart that reflects a fundamental misunderstanding of the nature of money, currency, spending, investing, and taxes. It does that splendidly.”

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CFO News Room

JANUARY 16, 2023

If you’re tired of watching your stock investments drop in value and are looking for a way to diversify, you may want to consider alternative investments. Access to ultra-wealthy investments. Can invest for income or growth. Yieldstreet investments vary from artwork to multi-family real estate properties. .

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Musings on Markets

OCTOBER 12, 2023

In response, I have been told that the problem is not with the idea of ESG, but in its measurement and application, and that impact investing is the solution to both market and society's problems. It is human nature to want to make the world a better place, but does impact investing have the impact that it aims to create?

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CFO News Room

NOVEMBER 13, 2022

Security concerns related to Chinese investments in overseas ports are mounting as the country’s firms acquire more stakes at shipping hubs around the world and geopolitical tensions rise.

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