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Sygnus Credit Investments (SCI) is strengthening its push into Puerto Rico. At Wednesday’s annual general meeting, Chief Investment Officer Jason Morris called the US territory the company’s main growth engine, noting two years of strong profits...
Nearly half of surveyed social media posts about Hurricane Melissa in Jamaica contained exaggerated, unverified or misleading information, according to a study that examined 1,200 posts during the storm’s passage. It raises questions about the...
Jamaica’s insurance industry posted strong gains in the year leading up to Hurricane Melissa, with total sector assets reaching $614.6 billion by September 2025, up 9.5 per cent from the prior year. The capital of the sector also remained strong. “...
Jamaica-based technology conglomerate Amber Group has formed a joint venture with Guyana’s Beharry Group to establish a cybersecurity and IT services firm in one of the world’s fastest-growing economies. The partnership creates Beharry Amber...
Tank-Weld Group, the local construction supplier, has launched a solar division to supply panels, inverters and batteries across the Caribbean as demand surges following Hurricane Melissa’s destruction of grid infrastructure in western Jamaica. The...
Woodcats International Ltd., a wooden pallet manufacturer, plans to raise up to $750 million through an initial public offering (IPO) that would value the company at $2.15 billion. “Since our inception, Woodcats has grown into a national...
West Indies Petroleum Terminal Ltd (WIPT) which operates a petroleum storage terminal, doubled annual profit and swung its fourth quarter to a profit, driven by rising third-party storage revenue and higher throughput volumes at its Jamaica...
There is a reason the conversation about importing labour policy is intensifying: Jamaica is trying to recover, rebuild and grow at a time when execution is expensive and delays are severely punishing. Even before Hurricane Melissa the economy was...
Jamaica can capture investment flows from the US as companies restructure their network of suppliers in response to geopolitical tensions, a Wall Street strategist said. John Stoltzfus, chief investment strategist at Oppenheimer Asset Management,...
A research vessel departed Trinidad last weekend bound for Jamaica to conduct seabed surveys, starting this week, aimed at confirming whether oil-like substances detected beneath the island’s waters are commercially viable crude. “This survey...
AIC (Barbados) Ltd has paid US$94 million to bondholders, according to the Jamaica Central Securities Depository (JCSD) Trustee Services. Payment was made “in full” responded Andrea Kelly, JCSD general manager, in reply to Financial Gleaner queries...
What made events earlier this month so unsettling was not only the disruption itself, but the underlying message it delivered. Political decisions can now materialise in operational and commercial life with near-zero notice. That is why governments...
Recently, West Indies Petroleum Terminal Ltd and Dequity Capital Management Ltd set out on different paths to ultimately list their ordinary shares on the Main Market of the Jamaica Stock Exchange. Today, one is listed. The other is not. West...
Mattel Inc introduced an autistic Barbie earlier this month as the newest member of its line intended to celebrate diversity, joining a collection that already includes Barbies with Down syndrome, a blind Barbie, a Barbie and a Ken with vitiligo,...
Jamaica plans to launch its long-anticipated micro-stock exchange by July 2026, marking the latest effort to deepen access to capital markets. A multi-stakeholder steering committee is “now at an advanced stage” of finalising the implementation...
