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//Finance Colombia is glad to support the efforts of event organizers domestically and internationally. We offer several different levels of collaboration based on your objectives & constraints.

Finance Colombia is glad to support the efforts of our event organizer partners domestically and internationally. We offer several different levels of collaboration based on your objectives & constraints.

Basic

Finance Colombia offers the following:

  • 728×90 OR 300×250 banner ad in rotation on all article pages and front page
  • 1 email announcing the event to our subscriber base before the event. You provide HTML
  • 12 social media posts: up to 1 per week, Facebook, Twitter, LinkedIn
  • 1 pre-event article announcing and promoting the event
  • 1 post-event article

 

You offer the following:

  • 3 all access media passes (editor, photographer, assistant) for events within Colombia, or 2 all access media passes for events outside of Colombia, including privileges of paid attendees (meals, event receptions, functions, etc.)
  • Prominent listing as media partner with our logo (and link on electronic media) on all print and electronic promotional materials, event programs, etc. including stage backdrops, and photographer’s curtains.
  • Table and suitable space to share our promotional material (primarily offering free subscriptions to attendees) and permission to offer free subscriptions to attendees
  • Airfare + Hotel to and from the event per our travel policy:
    • International, Bogotá: 1 hotel room (official event venue hotel) & 2 business class airfares
    • Rest of Colombia: 2 hotel rooms & 2 business class round trip fares
    • Events in Medellín do not require hotel room or air travel

Speaker / Moderator

We offer each other all of the above plus…

Finance Colombia offers:

  • 2 additional articles, promoting our participation, plus promoting the event (3 total).
  • 2 more promotional emails (up to 1 per month, maximum)
  • Cross platform promotion – banner ads on our other publications & social media channels as relevant: Finance Americas, Cognitive Business News, Lorenmoss.com, Unido Digital Media
  • Social media promotion, participation & engagement during the event
  • Active promotion of our participation via publisher & publication LinkedIn channels & groups, social media
  • Assistance & outreach (as necessary) with identifying & recruiting other speakers, invited guests & experts
  • Finance Colombia editors/publisher will  prepare and give relevant presentations and/or moderate up to 2 sessions, in English or Spanish

 

You offer:

  • Access to any VIP / optional extra-cost event functions
  • Full exhibit space during the event
  • 1 additional all-access exhibitor pass

 

Sponsor Package

We offer each other all of the above plus:

Finance Colombia offers:

  • Video and written interviews of speakers and/or organizers during the event (up to 5).
  • 12 additional social media posts (24 total)
  • 3 pre-event articles promoting the event, such as interviews with speakers
  • 3 (minimum) post-event articles highlighting the event’s success
  • Distribution of your content (such as white papers, reports, etc.) via Finance Colombia: Articles & banners with links to download
  • 2 additional email blasts (spread out, no more than 2 per month)

 

You offer:

  • $5,995 USD
  • 1 additional air fare & hotel room per above policy
  • Listing as silver level sponsor or above (or equivalent)

 

Additional Options

  • Keynote Speaker: Loren Moss, publisher of Finance Colombia will deliver opening or closing keynote presentation, researched and relevant to the event, English or Spanish $6,000 in addition to above – Speaker/Moderator or Sponsorship package
  • Outbound Marketing: A team of 3 of our bilingual outbound sales associates will contact and invite attendees to your event $11,000 USD / month

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How The Digital Revolution is Going to Transform Banking in 2015

As the digital revolution transforms the economy, one megabank chairman warned his staff recently, “The industry faces more change in the next 10 years than there has been in the past 200.” So where will those banking changes emerge in 2015? Let’s use the familiar categories of people, process, and technology to...
Posted On February 17, 2015
, By Fernando Gómez
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Interamerican Development Bank Offering $7 Million In Grants To Support Regional Cooperation

The Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) launched the 2015 Call for Proposals of the Initiative for the Promotion of Regional Public Goods in Latin America and the Caribbean (LAC), which supports projects aimed at resolving shared challenges and seizing opportunities for development through regional cooperation....
Posted On February 17, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Andes Will Discuss Investment Challenges And Economic Growth In The Andean Region

On March 3rd and 4th over 350 delegates will gather at the JW Marriot in Bogotá for the 4th annual Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Andes. The leading event in banking and finance in the Andean region, the symposium brings together public and private financial institutions, corporate, and major investors to discuss...
Posted On February 17, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Avianca’s Valentine’s Day Floral Cargo Flights Up 43% Over 2014, 10,200 Tons of Flowers Shipped

By leveraging specialized technology for the transportation of perishable goods, Avianca Cargo was able to transport a wide variety of flowers, along with other cargo, from Colombia and Ecuador to Miami, Los Angeles, Houston, Chicago, Indianapolis, San Juan Puerto Rico, London, Paris, Madrid, Barcelona, Beijing...
Posted On February 16, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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New IHG Crowne Plaza Hotel Being Built In Medellin’s Poblado, Part of Luxury Mixed-Use Center

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG), announced the signing of a new-build, 199-room Crowne Plaza® hotel in Medellin, Colombia. The hotel will be located in Medellin’s”El Poblado” neighborhood, occupying one of two towers in the Palmanova luxury, mixed-use development and connected to the Palma...
Posted On February 16, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Millicom International Cellular, “Tigo,” Reports Strong 2014 Results

Millicom International Cellular, operating in Colombia and other Latin American markets as Tigo, reported last week strong revenue growth, up 14.9% to $6.39 billion (all figures in USD) and an EBITDA of $2.09 billion, revealing a solid operating margin of 32.8%. The resultant proposed dividend by the board is...
Posted On February 16, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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UN-based Alliance: Colombia Needs A More Inclusive Consumer Financial System

Colombia has made significant strides in the shift to electronic payments, but further progress in addressing the informal cash economy, increasing merchant acceptance and consumer adoption is needed to further advance the shift to digital payments in the country, according to a new report released by the United...
Posted On February 16, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Vive Agro founding brothers Pablo Arbelaez (left), and Juan Felipe Arbelaez (right)
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ViveAgro Founders Felipe & Juan Pablo Arbelaez Revolutionizing Colombia’s Freshcut Supply Chain, Selected As Endeavor Entrepreneurs Of The Year

Above photo: ViveAgro Founders Juan Pablo Arbelaez & Felipe Arbelaez During the celebration of Global Entrepreneurship Week recently, the two brothers Felipe and Juan Pablo Arbelaez, founders of Vive Agro, were selected by Endeavor Colombia as the 2014 Endeavor Entrepreneurs. Local panelists on the selection...
Posted On February 16, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Pictured, from left to right: Gabriel Vallejo, Minister of Environment and Sustainable Development, Diego Molano Vega, Minister of Information and Communications Technologies, Nancy Patricia Gutiérrez, President Asomovil, Sergio González Guzmán, CEO Asomovil, Sebastian Cabello, Head of GSMA Latin America GSMA, Ariel Ponton, CEO Movistar, Santiago Pardo, VP Regulation for Claro, Marcelo Cataldo, VP Unidad Movil, Tigo – Photo courtesy GSMA
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Mobile Phone Industry Launches Customer Experience Initiative With Government, Trade Groups

Colombian mobile operators Claro, Telefónica Movistar and Tigo and trade association Asomóvil, together with the GSMA industry group today announced a series of joint initiatives to enhance mobile users’ experiences throughout the country. These initiatives are supported by the Colombian Ministry of Information...
Posted On February 12, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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In Time For Valentines Day Flower Shipments, Avianca Adds Temperature Controlled 5th Airbus A-330-F

In line with its plan to expand and strengthen its presence in markets with a high demand in the transport of goods and merchandise, Avianca Cargo has incorporated its fifth Airbus A-330 aircraft exclusively for freight. The addition of this new aircraft allows Avianca Cargo to increase capacity on the routes with...
Posted On February 12, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Colombians Ranked World’s 2nd Most Romantic, Likely To Give Gifts. Chile #1

While Valentine’s Day has become a holiday celebrated in many countries around the world, attitudes about love and the way it gets expressed vary significantly among nationalities. While in Colombia, like much of Latin America, the Dia del Amor, celebrated the third Saturday of September, edges out...
Posted On February 12, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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In the Shadow Of The Expedia Orbitz Merger, Colombia’s Undertrail Focuses On A Growing Market

The big travel news across the globe today has been the Expedia Orbitz acquisition, which many analysts say is taking place to compete against Priceline. While the global travel market continues to grow and evolve, there are still many targeted niches, whether that be type of traveler, geographic area, or even...
Posted On February 12, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Exclusive Interview: InnoSocial’s Natalia Cortes Discusses Social Entrepreneurship

Colombian Nonprofit Fundacion InnoSocial held their first “International Congress of Personal Branding, Entrepreneurship, & Digital Marketing in Bogotá last month. The event, the first of its kind, was designed to bring together students, business people, aspiring entrepreneurs, and digital marketers to...
Posted On February 9, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Ohio Based Dayton Superior Expanding Construction Support Operations In Bogotá

Dayton Superior Corporation, an Ohio based international supplier chemicals, devices and accessories to the commercial and industrial cement construction industry, has announced today that the company will expand their operations in Bogota, Colombia. The company will move to Parque Industrial Acrópolis, known in...
Posted On February 9, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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FedEx Study: Colombian Consumers Prefer Small Retailers, While Catalogs Drive Online Shopping

A new study commissioned by FedEx and conducted by Forrester Consulting reveals that online shopping has largely taken hold in Colombia, and other Latin American markets. Worldwide, online shopping has exceeded $1 trillion (USD) per year, and is forecast to double again in four years. The study, “Seizing The...
Posted On February 9, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Gran Tierra Reduces 2015 Colombia Capital Budget To $66 Million USD, Slashes Entire Budget By Over Half To Ride Out Low Oil Prices

Gran Tierra announced that it has reduced its capital budget for 2015 to $140 million.  This is a reduction of $170 million from the previously announced budget of $310 million.   The revised budget for operations in Colombia, Peru and Brazil allocates $50 million to drilling, $40 million to facilities, equipment...
Posted On February 9, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Fitch: Colombian Merger & Acquisition Market Expected To Stay Hot

Fitch Ratings announced this week that the US based ratings firm expects that favorable financing conditions and projected GDP growth of 3.5% for 2015 bode well for mergers and acquisitions (M&A) activity in the Colombian corporate sector. ‘Colombia has become a vibrant market for M & A during the...
Posted On February 8, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Business Travel Survey Cites Avianca As Best Airline in South America

Readers of Business Travel Magazine had the opportunity to vote for their favorite products and services, in line with their most efficient, productive and enjoyable travel experiences. The business travelers participating in Best in Business Travel Awards selected the best travel service companies, including...
Posted On February 8, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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US Based Travelers Partners With Brazilian J Malucelli To Take Control Of Cardinal Compañía de Seguros

Bogota Based Cardinal Compañia de Seguros has concluded negotiations leading to The Travelers Companies of The United States partnering with Brasil based J Malucelli to  acquire a majority stake in the upstart surety provider. The company will remain in Bogotá but be rebranded as Travelers J Malucelli. The...
Posted On February 8, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Brazilian Reinsurer Terra Brasis Enters Colombian Market

Superfinanciera, the Colombian regulator of insurance activities, has given Brazilian Reinsurance provider Terra Brasis Re authorization to enter the Colombian insurance market as a foreign reinsurer, as registered in Colombia’s REACOEX, or Registry of Foreign Reinsurers and Brokers – Registro de Reaseguradores y...
Posted On February 8, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Latin American Fixed Income Investors Forum To Host Central Bankers, Sovereign Reserve Fund Managers

Global meeting and events organizer Markets Group is gearing up for a one day pan regional meeting hosting leading fixed income investors from throughout Latin America, including pension funds, sovereign reserves, and central bankers. The event is designed to demystify the current low yield environment and to...
Posted On February 6, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Kevin Whitaker, U.S. Ambassador to Colombia with Ximena Agudelo
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US Ambassador Accepts Invitation By Farm Worker, Visits Rionegro Flower Farm

In January, Ximena Agudelo, a Colombian flower worker at the ‘Flores la Esmeralda’ farm near Medellin, sent a hand-written letter to Kevin Whitaker, the U.S. Ambassador to Colombia, thanking the United States for supporting her country’s flower industry. She wrote, “I invite you to visit...
Posted On February 6, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Gran Colombia Gold Corp. Funds Upcoming Interest Payment On Unsecured Notes Currently In Default

Gran Colombia Gold, the Canadian based gold and silver mining concern, announced today that it sent US$1,058,062 to the trustee to fund monthly interest payments to be made on February 27, 2015 on its Senior Secured Gold-Linked Notes due 2017 and its Senior Unsecured Silver-Linked Notes due 2018. This represents...
Posted On February 5, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Canacol's Capella Oil Field
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Canacol Energy Ltd. Appoints Francisco Diaz to the Board of Directors

Canacol Energy Ltd.  (TSX:CNE; OTCQX:CNNEF;BVC:CNEC) announced last week, the appointment of Francisco Diaz to the board of directors with immediate effect. Mr. Diaz is currently a Managing Partner of Evolvere Capital, a Private Equity firm that manages various portfolio companies in Colombia and Latin America,...
Posted On February 4, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Avianca Building Major Aviation “MRO” Aviation Maintenance Facility Outside Of Medellín

The Avianca Aeronautical Center is being built adjacent to the José María Córdova International Airport in Rionegro, Colombia, which is the international airport serving Medellín and the surrounding Antioquia department. This is in line with the size of its fleet, which currently comprises 183 current generation...
Posted On February 3, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Four Seasons Enters Bogotá Hotel Market With 2 Gilinski Group Properties

The Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts, along with regional conglomerate Gilinski Group, today announced new management plans for two hotels in Bogota. Following extensive updates and renovations, the historic Hotel Casa Medina Bogota will re-open as the Four Seasons Hotel Casa Medina Bogota, and the contemporary...
Posted On February 3, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Airing Soon, Border Contraband Exposé: La Frontera Mas Caliente: Colombia-Venezuela

Above: Contraband gasoline smuggled into Maicáo, Colombia from Venezuela. Photo Credit: Loren Moss MIAMI, Feb. 3, 2015, (PRNewswire) — The border between Colombia and Venezuela is home to some of the world’s richest oil and gas reserves. But it is also a region racked by violence, contraband and armed...
Posted On February 3, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Cencosud Announces Growth Plans For Next 3 Years

Cencosud (NYSE: CNCO), the South American retailer operating the “Jumbo”supermarkets in Colombia and other South American countries, as well as home improvement stores, shopping centers and department stores in Chile, Argentina, Brazil, Peru and Colombia, announced its guidance for the rest of  2015 today....
Posted On February 2, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Cisco is Bullish on Colombia

Finance Colombia’s Loren Moss sat down with with Christian Onetto, the general manager of Cisco Colombia, to get his take on why Cisco sees such promise in Colombia. Cisco recently moved to expansive, revamped offices in Bogotá’s Usaquen district, complete with Colombia’s first Customer Experience Room, and...
Posted On January 28, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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What Colombia’s New Tax Reform Means For You

Through the enactment of Law 1739 of December 23rd, 2014, the Colombian Tax Code was modified and certain mechanisms were created in order to avoid tax evasion. Below are the most relevant issues of the new Tax Reform: WEALTH TAX Taxpayers: Individuals and companies that are income tax taxpayers, as well as...
Posted On January 27, 2015
, By Oscar Jimenez
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Colombian Tax Expert Discusses Forming A Business In Colombia, Tax Ramifications

There are several ways by which a legal entity may be structured under Colombian law, depending upon the circumstances and needs of the foreign investor. In this sense, and even though the following are not the only ways by which a legal entity can be structured in Colombia, they do constitute the most common for...
Posted On January 27, 2015
, By Oscar Jimenez
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Hampton Inn opening in Bogotá’s Usaquén district

Just north of the upscale Hacienda Santa Barbara shopping mall in Bogotá’s Usaquen area, a new Hampton Inn is under construction, at the corner of Ave. 7 and Calle 119. The new Hampton Inn, a Hilton Worldwide brand, is geared to serve Bogotá’s cosmopolitan north side, which is undergoing a construction...
Posted On January 27, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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IHG Opens Second Holiday Inn Express Hotel In Bogotá

InterContinental Hotels Group (IHG)announced the opening of the Holiday Inn Express Hotel & Suites Bogotá Zona Financiera. The new-build, 99-room hotel is a LEED Gold certified property and is located in Bogotá’s financial district at Carrera 7 N. 67-39. The hotel is part of a mixed-use development housing the...
Posted On January 27, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Ford Mustang being loaded for export. Photo courtesy FORD
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Colombian Auto Sales At Record Pace

According to a report jointly produced by the gremios (trade groups) ANDI (National Businessmen’s Association of Colombia), FENALCO (National Federation of Merchants), and the Colombian Automotive Committee, in December 2014 new automobile sales in Colombia surpassed 40,000 units for the first time ever. The...
Posted On January 26, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia Implements Registry For Sale Of Gold To Combat Money Laundering, Illicit Mining

Starting January 1, 2015, Colombia’s national mining agency, the ANM (Agencia Nacionál de Minas) has implemented a registry of authorized gold traders within Colombia to combat the widespread illicit and informal gold mining. This registry is designed to combat two problems, the health and environmental damage of...
Posted On January 25, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Marinilla, Colombia. Photo Credit: Loren Moss
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Minvivienda Announces Interest Rate Subsidies, Programs for Home Buyers, Free Housing

Vipa, Colombia’s primary mortgage interest rate subsidy program, its initials in Spanish standing for Vivienda de Interest Prioritario para Ahorradores, will continue promoting homeownership in 2015 by offering interest rate subsidies on home loans for families earning up to twice the minimum wage (roughly $275 US...
Posted On January 25, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Headline Photo courtesy Minvivienda - Credit: René Valenzuela. MVCT
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Colombia’s Maximum Rent Increases Nationally Set At 3.66% For 2015

Minvivienda, Colombia’s ministry of housing announced that maximum rent increases for those residential renters in leases that conform to the official rate when adjusting rents a contract anniversary dates will be limited to 3.66%, a rate equal to the rate of inflation determined for 2014. Colombia faces...
Posted On January 25, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Pacific Rubiales Stock down 90%—Is It a Possible Takeover Target?

The depressed global oil prices have not been kind to Pacific Rubiales, Colombia’s largest independent oil producer. Heavily staffed with refugees from Venezuela’s PDVSA, the company is finding it even more challenging to create shareholder value than its other petroleum sector peers. The company’s stock price is...
Posted On January 24, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Understanding Petroleum Production Acronyms, Phrases & Abbreviations

Definitions                                                                                    Bcf Billion cubic feet. Bcfe Billion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent. bbl Barrel of oil. bbl/d Barrel of oil per day. boe Barrel of oil equivalent. Boe’s may be misleading, particularly if used in isolation....
Posted On January 24, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Gran Colombia Gold to Resume Paying Interest on Senior Debt

Struggling Gran Colombia Gold Corp. (TSX: GCM, OTC: TPRFF) announced today that it has negotiated a favorable contract amendment with the primary contract miner at its Segovia Operations and the company will resume monthly interest payments on February 28, 2015 on its Senior Secured Gold-Linked Notes due 2017. The...
Posted On January 24, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia’s Mining Regulatory Agency Selects Argus Coking Coal Price Assessments

Colombia’s mining regulatory agency, Agencia Nacionál de Mineria (ANM) has started pricing coking coal for royalty calculations using price assessments published by global energy and commodity news and price reporting agency Argus. This expands Colombia’s innovative use of market-based tax calculations...
Posted On January 24, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Neuberger Berman Opens 2nd Latin American Office in Bogotá

Neuberger Berman, a New York based employee-owned investment manager, is pleased to announce the opening of a new office in Bogota, Colombia. The office is located on the 14th floor of Calle 100 #7-33, Tower 1. Bogota is Neuberger Berman’s second location in Latin America, following the opening of an office...
Posted On January 24, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Fitch: Outlook Stable for Colombian Insurance Sector in 2015

Fitch Ratings this week announced a stable outlook for the Colombian insurance industry today. The stable sector outlook reflects Fitch’s expectation that the key credit metrics of the Colombian insurance sector will remain broadly stable and the industry will manage to navigate through upcoming challenges...
Posted On January 23, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Davivienda's Bogotá headquarters. Photo credit: Loren Moss
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Fitch Affirms Davivienda at ‘BBB-‘; Revises Outlook to Positive

Davivienda’s Rating Outlook was revised to Positive given Fitch’s expectation that the banks’ financial profile and performance will continue to improve. The bank’s integration of its subsidiaries in Central America (HSBC’s former subsidiaries in Costa Rica, El Salvador and Honduras)...
Posted On January 23, 2015
, By Loren Moss
President Santos in Bogotá's El Dorado International Airport, flanked by 2 airport employees. Photo credit: Efraín Herrera
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Colombia Announces Plans For Airport Expansions, Including Possible 2nd Bogotá Airport

President Juan Manuel Santos announced Wednesday plans to expand the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá, which seeks to increase the current capacity of 50 operations per hour and 27 million passengers per year, to 90 operations per hour and approximately 40 million passengers annually by 2021. The...
Posted On January 21, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Mauricio Cardenas, photo courtesy MinHacienda
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Colombia Issues $1.5 Billion (USD) Bonds At Record Low 5% Rate

The bonds, due in 2045, have a 5% coupon, the lowest rate that Colombia has achieved to date. The Ministry of Housing and Public Credit, Minhacienda, completed a successful bond offering today of $1.5 Billion (US), though there was $5 billion worth of demand from 244 institutional bond buyers from throughout the...
Posted On January 21, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Fitch Affirms Medellín’s International Credit Ratings, Outlook Stable

The ratings firm Fitch reaffirmed its opinion on Medellin’s creditworthiness in a release issued today. Edited excerpts follow: According to Fitch, the rating actions are the result of the city’s relevant role in the Colombian economy; sound, albeit declining, operating margins and significant cash...
Posted On January 20, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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OECD Urges Colombian Tax Reform For Economic Diversification

The Colombian economy has done remarkably well over the last decade, consistently ranking among the fastest-growing countries in Latin America, but a comprehensive tax reform that promotes investment and diversifies the economy is now needed to put the country on a path toward stronger, sustainable and inclusive...
Posted On January 20, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Foreign Banks Eyeing Colombia

According to a report by Bloomberg, major global and regional banks, both commercial and investment, are looking to increase their stakes and presence in Colombia. Among them, Brasil’s Itaú is said to be purchasing Chilean Corpbanca SA, which recently purchased the majority interest in Colombia’s Grupo Helm’s...
Posted On January 20, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia Raises Monthly Minimum Wage To $644,350 (US $270 as of Jan.20) For 2015

Mintrabajo, Colombia’s ministry of labor, announced that the monthly minimum wage throughout the country will be set at $644,350 pesos per month, an increase of 4.6%. The labor minister, Luis Eduardo Garzón, announced that the increase was higher than in previous years, thus workers earning this wage will not...
Posted On January 20, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Public Servants Receive Low Murtra Service Medal by Colombia’s Office of the Attorney General

According to the Fiscalia General (Federal Prosecutor’s Office) on December 12, 2014, Prosecutor, Pedro David Berdugo Salcedo; CTI investigator, Harold Mauricio Sánchez Hernández, and accountant Over José Ospino González were conferred the Enrique Low Murtra medal in recognition of their excellent work...
Posted On January 17, 2015
, By Loren Moss

Former Colombian Mayor To Be Extradited to USA

According to reports in El Tiempo, the former mayor of Milán, Caquetá is being extradited to the US to face charges for narcotics trafficking. Jhon Eduarth Monje Alvarado has been indicted by a Texas court of belonging to an organized trafficking ring that has moved close to 100 tons of cocaine through the US and...
Posted On January 17, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Avianca’s First Boeing 787 Route Goes Live, Bogotá to New York City

Friday January 16th at 3:14 p.m., the first Boeing B787-8 of Avianca departed from the El Dorado International Airport in Bogotá en route to New York with 236 passengers and 10 crew. On board this sophisticated aircraft, passengers of route AV 244 will enjoy a more comfortable experience having a wider fuselage,...
Posted On January 16, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Colombia's President Santos (L) with Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerburg in Casa Nariño, Bogotá
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Facebook’s Mark Zuckerberg Travels To Colombia, Announces Internet.org App

Today, at an event in Bogotá, Colombia, Facebook founder and CEO Mark Zuckerberg and President Juan Manuel Santos announced the availability of Facebook’s Internet.org app for Tigo customers in Colombia. Zuckerberg hosted a live question & answer session at Bogotá’s Pontificia Universidad Javeriana, one...
Posted On January 14, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Photo credit: Loren Moss
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Colombia’s Inflation Rate For 2014 Rises Significantly to 3.66% Still Beats Neighbors

Photo credit: Loren Moss According to statistics released by DANE (National Department of Statistics), Colombia faced a 2014 inflation rate of 3.66%, an increase of 88% over 2013. The government statistics are important because many charges are set and adjusted annually based on the official rate of inflation....
Posted On January 12, 2015
, By Loren Moss
One of Avianca new 787s at Medellin's Airport
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Avianca Takes Delivery of 4 Boeing 787-8 Dreamliners. More To Come

In December 2014, and in just 13 days, Avianca received delivery of its first four Boeing 787 Dreamliner aircraft. This signals the end of the first phase of incorporation of the Dreamliners. The remaining aircraft will be incorporated into the fleet between 2015 and 2019. “It was a herculean task, a process...
Posted On January 7, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Spotlight: Barranquilla Boxing Beauty Is Making It Big In The USA

UPDATE: Patty Alcivar returns to the boxing ring , Friday, March 13, 2015 from 6:00 PM to 10:00 PM in Westbury, NY – Tickets and information here. Gold medalist boxer, Patricia Alcivar was born in Barranquilla, Atlántico, but moved with her parents to the USA when she was only 2 years old. Since then, she...
Posted On January 7, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Hilton Worldwide Launches Colombia’s First Hilton Garden Inn, Barranquilla, Atlántico

Hilton Worldwide recently opened their 123 room Hilton Garden Inn Barranquilla in Colombia’s most important coastal city. The hotel marks the first of Hilton’s Garden Inn brand in Colombia and is indicative of Hilton’s expansion strategy for Colombia, and Latin America at large. “Colombia is a country of the...
Posted On January 7, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Petroleum Employment Firm Swift Opens Bogotá Office

HOUSTON, Jan. 6, 2015 /PRNewswire/ — Swift Worldwide Resources, the premier supplier of manpower resources to the oil and gas industry, is expanding its global reach by opening three new international branches. These offices bring the total number of Swift locations to 30, and are located in Bogota,...
Posted On January 6, 2015
, By Loren Moss
Photo courtesy lalabell68 - Pixabay
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Ecopetrol Breaks Record at Chichimene Oil Field

According to company reports, government owned Ecopetrol broke a single day production record in it’s Chichimene, Meta oil field, pumping 86,389 barrels of crude oil on January 2nd. A year ago, the field was producing 48,446 barrels per day, so the mature field is now producing 78% more than just a year ago....
Posted On January 6, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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1181 Colombians Deported by US Government In FY 2014

Colombians made up far less than 1% of the removals by US Immigrations & Customs Enforcement According to a report issued by the United States Department of Homeland Security’s Immigration and Customs Enforcement, there were 1,181 Colombians deported by the US during the 2014 fiscal year (FY), which starts the...
Posted On January 5, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Colombia’s Homicide Rate Reaches 30 Year Low In 2014

Colombia’s homicide level of 12,800 nationally, is the lowest since 1984, according to reports, while the more meaningful rate of homicides per 100,000 residents dipped under 30 per 100,000; a rate not seen since the 1970s. According to El Tiempo, this rate is still higher than the global rate of 6..2 per...
Posted On January 5, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Asoenergía: New Energy Consumer Trade Group Launched

On  November fifth, large industrial and commercial corporate energy consumers in Colombia formed the latest “gremio,” or trade association, in order to push back against the high cost of energy, especially electricity, in Colombia.  The new trade group, named Asoenergía, is headed by economist and...
Posted On January 4, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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Cartagena Is New JetBlue Destination From Fort Lauderdale

Above Photo: Cartagena’s condominium towers in the Laguito area of Bocagrande JetBlue Airways at the end of October expanded its destination offerings at Fort Lauderdale-Hollywood International Airport (FLL) with the addition of daily service to Cartagena, Colombia’s Rafael Nuñez International Airport, as...
Posted On January 1, 2015
, By Loren Moss
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