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A recent study by Baker & McKenzie looking at cross border M&A activity indicates that such deals should continue to increase over the next three years. According to the study, after a long and stuttering recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis, transactional...

Global consulting and research firm Everest Group recently released its Global In-house Center (GIC) Landscape Annual Report 2015, in which it reported that the global services market reached US$150 billion in 2014 and GIC model contributed to 25 percent (US$35-40 billion) of...

Colombia remains among the fastest-growing economies in Latin America, with government estimates signaling the country will grow approximately 3.5 to 4% in 2015, while the country’s central bank forecasts a 3.2% increase in GDP. At a time of domestic and external challenges,...

LAUSANNE, SWITZERLAND (May 27, 2015): IMD, a global business school with campuses in Switzerland and Singapore, today announced its annual world competitiveness ranking. As part of its ranking of 61 more developed and sizeable economies for 2015, the IMD World Competitiveness...

Colombia’s Central Bank board at its meeting last Friday decided to keep the country’s benchmark interest rate at 4.5% taking into account the following: The United States economy is expanding at a slower pace, and the Euro area and Japan are showing signs of gradual recovery....

According to a report released by the International Monetary Fund (IMF) and the Multilateral Investment Fund (MIF) Remittances to Latin America and the Caribbean Set a New Record High in 2014, the recordbreaking increase in remittances (money transfers) to Latin America reflects...

According to DANE (Colombia Statistics Bureau) figures, the number of employed people increased 4.1% from March 2014, meaning that in the last year, 854,000 Colombians found jobs. This resulted in a maximum employment rate for any March since Colombia started tracking...

The CEA (Council of American Enterprises) presented its 2014 results last week in the Country Club of Bogotá during a lunch attended by major US enterprises operating in Colombia. The event was attended by US Ambassador to Colombia Kevin Whitaker, and Mauricio Cárdena...

Colombia’s Finance Minister Mauricio Cardenas said Tuesday that the unemployment rate for the country continues its downward trend, reaching 9.9% for the month of February, 2015. “The trend in unemployment continues to fall. The unemployment rate has stood at 9.9% in...

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...