Tag
Give us a brief introduction to Mianzo since its inception. The objective when opening Mianzo was to differentiate ourselves from the big corporates in terms of doing investments. What drove me was the need to have platforms where investment professionals…
Less than 70% of SMEs have access to credit. What is the importance of the South African SME sector? SME’s are lifeline for employment as the unemployment rate in South Africa is very high, and the we can’t only rely…
In being among the first of the Gulf states to discover oil and build a refinery, Bahrain established a precedent for shrewdness that it has continued to exhibit. The island’s oil production never climbed to the heights that its neighbors’…
What makes Mexico an exciting place to invest? ◊ Mexico is part of the largest economic block in the world in economic terms, NAFTA, a market worth over US $19 trillion. ◊ According to UNCTAD’s 2014 World Investment Report, Mexico is…
Does Barbados need to brand itself as an international financial services destination? I think Barbados needs to brand itself as an international business destination in a way it has never done before. It has relied heavily on the relationships and…
How has the Barbados Stock Exchange taken measures to help stimulate the economy? When we saw our local market contracting, we developed an initiative called the International Securities Market (ISM). This was very capital intensive, we had to make sure…
What have been your biggest achievements? The eyes of the world are on Southeast Asia, and the insurance business is receiving attention, too. I have been in the insurance business for over 20 years, having served for 12 years as…
How has the company diversified and expanded since the end of conflict in 2009? Until 2009 we were a finance focused business, comprising of three medium sized financial institutions. When the conflict ended in 2009 we quickly came up with…
