Bank of the West: Enhancing global solutions with local relationships
Jean-Marc Torre explains Bank of the West's strategy for developing strategic partnerships with its commercial customers
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Empresta Capital adopts SPM standards to gauge social investment impact
Social Performance Task Force’s universal standards for Social Performance Management will help Empresta balance social impact with attractive returns, explains Ricardo George Assaf
Crédito Real’s acquisitions strategy brings stability and higher yields
Carlos Ochoa discusses the benefits that diversifying into Costa Rica and the US has brought the microfinance company
Robert Wessman: A leader must be able to act when most others don’t
Courage and persistence are critical to good leadership, explains the Alvogen chairman and CEO
‘I took my napkin, and off we went’: Robert Wessman’s billion dollar vision
The founder and CEO of Alvogen shows us the napkin on which he first pitched his vision for the generic pharmaceuticals business
Alvogen founder: Generic drug price wars will drive consolidation
Robert Wessman explains that with just three US companies controlling half the world’s pharmaceutical sales, 100+ generics companies are unsustainable
BBH: Manage risk to match your needs, not to avoid price volatility
Portfolio diversification is an exercise in balance sheet management, not chasing a market index, explains Brown Brothers Harriman’s Scott Clemons
Bank of Cyprus not afraid to forgo profits in financial crime clean-up
“We’re not afraid to say that we’ve shut down relationships” in pursuing stringent ethical rules, explains the bank’s compliance director
How Bank of Cyprus came back from its bail-in to listing in London
Compliance director Marios Skandalis on the bank’s four year remediation and rebirth
Nigeria’s insurance opportunities rest with youth and technology
“Business can’t continue as before,” says FBNInsurance’s Adenrele Kehinde
Consolidation likely in Nigerian insurance following new requirements
New risk-based capital supervisory model and IFRS accounting system may see reduction in Nigeria’s 50 insurance companies
FBNInsurance on engaging Nigeria’s communities to rebuild trust
“We have been revolutionistic in the way we communicate with clients,” says managing director Val Ojumah
How BVI Business Companies power $1.5tr of investment worldwide
The British Virgin Islands’ capital flows help governments generate $15bn of tax, says Gary Hales
