Investments, insurance and private pension funds regulator, the Financial Services Commission, FSC, is warning that more pension funds may fold from the adverse impact of the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. In its recently released review of the... https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/business/20210609/pandemic-erodes-37b-pension-savings
Less than two years after becoming the largest shareholder in Sagicor Financial Company (SFC), JMMB Group Limited (JMMBGL) has added another one of its board members to SFC's board as the company's stake in the financial conglomerate has increased from 22.52 per cent to 22.68 per cent. JMMB initially acquired
Editor's Note - The following is the Equity Research Report done by JN Fund M anagers Limited on Guardian Holdings. THE Guardian Holdings Limited (GHL or the Company) is a Trinidadian company which is the parent company for an integrated financial services group known as Guardian Group. The group provides
KINGSTON, Jamaica — Residents of Kingston and St Andrew should pay keen attention to information from credible media outlets throughout the ongoing hurricane season. This is according to Deputy Mayor of Kingston, Councillor Winston Ennis. Ennis was speaking at a meeting of the Kingston and St Andrew Municipal Corporation, at
WASHINGTON, United States (CMC) — The World Bank said Tuesday even as the global economy is expected to expand by nearly six per cent this year, many emerging market and developing economies will continue to struggle with the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic and its aftermath. In its June 2021 Global
There is great hope for the resumption of a rail service soon in St Catherine, to meet the transportation needs primarily of students. Minister of Transport and Mining Robert Montague, in reporting Government's renewed interest in a rail service between Old Harbour and Linstead, via Spanish Town, promised that the
THE United States-based global management consulting firm, Avasant is moving to help Jamaican entrepreneurs discover new locations for the delivery of services and attract investments through its investment exchange platform, Global Equations. As a digital marketplace Global Equations will allow those who are already in, or are desirous of entering
Executive director of the National Road Safety Counci l, Paula Fletcher is continuing the push for driver education to be included in secondary school curricula. According to Fletcher, this could result in benefits to the economy by reducing the number of road crashes, which would lead to a reduction in
WESTERN BUREAU: More than 80 per cent of the island’s tourism workers who were laid off as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic have returned to work, Minister of Tourism Edmund Bartlett has disclosed. An average 170,000 people are employed directly.. https://jamaica-gleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210607/80-tourism-workers-back-job-bartlett
Prime Minister Andrew Holness is calling for private developers to provide more solutions for the affordable and low-income segments of the housing market. “We want to invite the private sector to pay more attention to this element of the housing market that is either low-income, affordable income, or young
