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Cash will be the best asset for the next 12 to 24 months, says L. Burke Files, an expert in international finance, due diligence and anti-corruption

L. Burke Files is an international investigator, due diligence expert, and international finance and corporate world insider. For nearly three decades, he has worked as a specialist in international finance and due diligence working on projects in over 100 countries. Before founding FE&E in 1993, he was a licensed commodity FCM and CTA for Oppenheimer …

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Morabanc creates a new strategy and investment department

Morabanc (MoraBanc) has combined its strategy and investment teams into a new department that will optimize customer service. This new, more flexible structure will be responsible for attracting investment services professionals, who will help clients manage their savings, investments or assets according to their needs.

“Thanks to a recent agreement with Goldman Sachs Asset Management, Morabanc …

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S&P Global Ratings affirmed its ‘BBB/A-2’ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Andorra

 

S&P Global Ratings affirmed its ‘BBB/A-2′ long- and short-term foreign and local currency sovereign credit ratings on Andorra. The outlook is stable.

S&P Global Ratings:

“OUTLOOK
The stable outlook balances our expectation of robust economic activity and sound fiscal performance against risks related to the large size of Andorra’s financial sector. It also reflects our expectation that the upcoming …

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As of 1 March 2019, the Principality of Andorra will be part of the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) schemes

As of 1 March 2019, the Principality of Andorra and the Vatican City State / the Holy See will be part of the geographical scope of the Single Euro Payments Area (SEPA) schemes.

The inclusion of financial institutions from these two states is a natural extension of the SEPA project and demonstrates the European willingness to harmonise …

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Cal Gastó building in El Tarter will be renovated

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The Council of Ministers, on the proposal of the head of Culture, Youth and Sports, Olga Gelabert, has approved the granting of subsidies (aimed at implementing measures of integrated conservation, restoration, maintenance and improvement of the cultural heritage of 2018) to two restoration projects in Cal Gastó, in El Tarter, for an …

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Anna Olsina has been appointed Deputy General Business Manager in the Andbank Group

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The Andbank Group, with its commitment as a benchmark private banking international family banking and financial group, reinforces its senior management by adding a manager of recognised standing to its headquarters, reports the bank. The aim of the appointment, pending AFA authorisation, is to ensure the cohesion and standardisation of the highest …

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A judge in Andorra has charged 28 people, including former officials in Venezuela, with money laundering offenses

A judge in Andorra has charged 28 people, including former officials in Venezuela, with money laundering offenses over a kickbacks-for-contracts scheme that plundered $2 billion from the Venezuelan state oil company between 2007 and 2012.

Investigating magistrate Canolic Mingorance issued the indictments on Thursday, wrapping up a five-year investigation into opaque deposits in the Banca Privada …

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