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Economy

Argentina: cómo se valora el riesgo político y los controles de capital en el retorno esperado

Economy

Argentina: Investor Views on Risk & Capital Control Impact

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Argentina is a canonical case study for how investors translate political risk and capital controls into higher required returns, asymmetric pricing, and complicated hedging decisions. Chronic macro volatility, repeated sovereign…

¿Qué regiones del Ecuador crecen más en economía y población?

Economy

Ecuador’s Dollar Economy: A Look at Credit, Inflation, and Investment

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Ecuador adopted the United States dollar as legal tender in 2000 after a severe banking and currency crisis. That decisive move eliminated exchange rate volatility with respect to the dollar…

Economy

Understanding Ecuador’s Dollarized Economy: Credit, Inflation, and Investment

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Ecuador adopted the United States dollar as its legal tender in 2000 following a severe banking and currency crisis. That pivotal decision removed exchange rate swings against the dollar and…

Uruguay: Why stable institutions matter for cross-border wealth planning

Economy

Uruguay: Navigating Cross-Border Wealth with Stable Institutions

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Strong institutions are the backbone of any jurisdiction that aspires to host cross-border capital, family wealth, and international business structures. For high-net-worth individuals, family offices, and multinational enterprises, institutional stability…

Caracas, in Venezuela: What signals operational resilience in volatile demand environments

Economy

Caracas, Venezuela: Operational Resilience Insights for Volatile Market Conditions

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Caracas functions within one of the most unstable economic and political environments in recent memory, and organizations operating there — from retailers and healthcare providers to logistics companies, utilities, and…

Belgium: How cross-border operations handle multilingual markets and compliance

Economy

Belgium: Multilingual Markets & Compliance in Cross-Border Operations

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Belgium stands as a compact yet deeply interconnected European market, shaped by three official languages — Dutch, French, and German — along with a decentralised political framework that places significant…

La Paz, in Bolivia: How informal economies influence pricing and competitive strategy

Economy

La Paz, Bolivia: Informal Economies & Pricing Strategy

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

La Paz and the prominence of informal economic activityLa Paz, Bolivia’s administrative capital, stands as a high-altitude metropolis where tightly interwoven formal and informal economic activity operates side by side.…

Jamaica: casos de RSE turística que impulsa cultura local y empleo estable

Economy

Jamaica’s PPP Model: Ensuring Bankability in Small Island Settings

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Jamaica demonstrates both the potential and the limitations that influence public-private partnerships (PPPs) throughout small island economies, and in this setting, bankable PPPs capable of drawing long-term commercial financing on…

Economy

Jeff Bezos-owned Washington Post conducts widespread layoffs, gutting a third of its staff

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

The latest wave of layoffs at The Washington Post marked a breaking point for one of the most influential newsrooms in the United States. Beyond the immediate loss of jobs,…

HBO Max and Paramount+ will combine after WBD merger

Economy

The Future of Streaming: HBO Max and Paramount+ Combine

Claude Sophia Merlo Lookman

Paramount has confirmed plans to merge its streaming service Paramount+ with HBO Max, creating a single, unified platform that aims to strengthen its position in the competitive streaming market. The…