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Citizenship by Investment: Importance to the Caribbean

Citizenship by Investment (CBI) program is defined by the World Citizenship Report as, “the process that legally grants individuals and in some cases, their families, a second citizenship through investments…

Commentary

Inflation Expectation For The Remainder Of 2022

Rising inflationary pressures have been a challenge for many governments and central banks around the world.  Since 2021, global prices have risen faster and more persistently than expected, driven by…

Commentary

Global Macro Outlook: Weaker Conditions to Persist

In its latest World Economic Outlook for October 2022, the International Monetary Fund (IMF) cut its world growth forecast for 2023. It left the 2022 growth forecast unchanged at 3.2%,…

Commentary

Short Selling

For most investors, the primary objective of investing in a stock is to make a profit and this is accomplished by taking a “long” position, which means buying and owning…

Commentary

Barbados’ ReBERT

Barbados has expressed interest in another economic program supported by the International Monetary Fund’s (IMF) three-year Extended Fund Facility (EFF) aimed at maintaining and strengthening macroeconomic stability and to continue…

Commentary

Collymore Rock Branch Customers

Customers would have been previously advised of the temporary closure of Collymore Rock Branch to September 30, 2022. Please be advised that effective October 3, 2022, First Citizens branch and…

Advisory

US Mid Terms and the Impact on the Market

The U.S. midterm election, as the name suggest, is held every four years midway through the presiding President’s term. This year, the date of the election is set for November…

Commentary