KINGSTON, Jamaica — The Jamaica Stock Exchange (JSE) is reporting an increase in the number of new investors entering the equities market between 2015 and 2019. JSE Group Business Development Manager, André Gooden, said that the figure rose from 3,412 in 2015 to 48,128 in 2019. He pointed out that

Leading airline and business groups are asking the Biden administration to develop temporary credentials that would let travellers show they have been tested and vaccinated for COVID-19, a step that the airline industry believes will help revive travel. Various groups and countries are working on developing so-called vaccine passports aimed

With more people opting to take vacations locally due to global travel restrictions brought on by the novel coronavirus disease, statistics have shown an increase of up to 27 per cent in local staycations since the pandemic when compared with the prior period. President of the Jamaica Hotel and Tourist

In financial and life planning, there are three primary phases: accumulation, consolidation, and spending, so financial goals and needs change with the phases. Strategies must also be dynamic, given the changes in the environment. Here are some of the changes: low interest rates have become entrenched; there has been a

You have probably heard the phrase that interest rates and bond prices move in opposite directions. That is, as interest rates rise bond prices are expected to fall and vice versa. However, since the start of 2021 we have observed a steady rise in international rates, yet corporate bond prices

TO build resilience against external shocks and recover from the COVID-19 pandemic, Caribbean countries must advance key fiscal and financial reforms that range from stronger tax and pensions systems to improved debt and financial management, a new study by the Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) says. The book entitled Economic Institutions

Kingston vendor Annie Ivey is just two years short of being 80 and has been working her entire life in different low-paying jobs but has never had a pension plan. She has no clue when she will retire. “Anytime mi cyah go nuh more. Mi nuh sick yah... http://jamaicagleaner.com/article/lead-stories/20210308/ageing-women-face-pension-crisis

IronRock recorded its best period in the December quarter since going public five years ago as a start-up general insurer, but the company is not crediting only insurance activity for the performance. The gains, said Managing Director Evan Thwaites, were driven by $40 million of investment income; but he also

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — Dubai’s airport, the world’s busiest for international travel, can already feel surreal, with its cavernous duty-free stores, artificial palm trees, gleaming terminals, water cascades, and near-Arctic levels of air conditioning. Now, the key east-west transit hub is rolling out another addition from the realm

When Dr Nigel Clarke takes the podium this month to deliver Jamaica’s 2021-2022 Budget, that ritualistic activity that will guide the Government’s priority for the fiscal year, all eyes will be set on what plans and programmes will be rolled out to kick-start the economy post-COVID-19. The most-watched area will