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The introduction of IFRS reporting in 2015 for Colombian banks is an improvement in financial disclosure, says Fitch Ratings. A majority of IFRS rules became effective for all Colombian financial institutions on Jan. 1, 2015 and introduced material changes in the treatment of...

Empresa Telefónica de Bogotá (ETB), claiming to be the second oldest existing telephone company on the planet, has been making impressive moves in 2014 and 2015, transforming its business model into a modern digital communications enterprise. CEO Saul Kattan Cohen was recognized...

The Board of Colombia’s Bank of The Republic, at its meeting last Friday decided to keep the benchmark interest rate at 4.5%. According a statement released by the Central Bank, the Board took into consideration the following aspects when reaching its decision: The average...

The General Shareholders’ Meeting of 2015 took place yesterday for Empresa Telefónica de Bogotá (ETB), where an improvement in the telecom’s balance sheet of an increase in equity (25.6%) and a decrease in liabilities (29.1%) during the last three years was the highlight,...

Deepwater and unconventional E&P activities in Colombia are experimenting a significant boost, creating great business opportunities for international companies. Monday, May 4th, 2015, 8:00 am – 12:00 pm OTC – NRG Arena – Houston, TX 77054 While Colombia is...

Fitch Ratings has revised the Rating Outlook for Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana’s (GRUPO SURA) long-term foreign and local currency Issuer Default Ratings (IDR) to Positive from Stable and affirmed the IDRs at ‘BBB-‘. Fitch has also affirmed outstanding debt...

In February, the subsidiary companies of Avianca Holdings S.A. (NYSE: AVH) (BVC: PFAVH) transported 2,049,954 passengers, up 7.4% compared to February  of 2014. Capacity, measured in ASKs (available seat kilometers), increased 6.8%, while passenger traffic, measured in RPKs...

The President of  Colombia, Juan Manuel Santos, said today that Colombia successfully placed a new $1 billion (USD)  bond issue on the global debt market yesterday, demonstrating the world’s confidence in the soundness of the Colombian economy. “We placed  a billion...

Banco Latinoamericano de Comercio Exterior, S.A. (NYSE: BLX, “Bladex”), the Panama-based supranational bank established by the central banks of 23 Latin-American and Caribbean countries to promote foreign trade finance and economic integration in the Region, announced...

PRAXIS, a Mexican transnational corporation, and provider of technology solutions, announced the availability in Colombia of “Pay Wallet”, their electronic wallet model for corporations and banking institutions, that in the form of an application, enables the information exchange...