Serving on the front lines of global finance to promote growth and trade, and forging ties to advance health, humanitarian and cultural understanding.

Dear Friends, Following is a link to a Bloomberg Radio interview I did yesterday covering the world economy, Covid-19 pandemic and its financial affects on emerging markets.  I also covered the idea of using local currency debt for the emerging market countries to...

Dear Friends, Please find attached a timely op-ed I co-authored with Cristina Valencia, an experienced epidemiologist. The recommendations on this op-ed could possibly be a game changer that will help finance the flow of needed Covid-19 vaccines to Latin America, the...

Dear Friends, Please find attached an op-ed that I wrote with Stuart Mackintosh on the threats to recovery coming out of the Covid pandemic economic crisis.  I believe it is a timely warning on the possible longer term downsides of massive fiscal and monetary stimulus...

Dear Friends, Following is a link to a Bloomberg Radio broadcast I did yesterday on Biden’s big challenges economically, politically and foreign policy wise, as he enters office.  I also comment on the tragic political events that occurred last week in Washington...

Dear Friends, Attached is a Reuters op-ed I wrote with Stuart Macintosh about the need for China to be more transparent and flexible on restructuring the loans it has made to emerging market countries.  Unlike in past sovereign debt crisis, China is now a major...

Dear Friends, I was recently asked by the Foreign Policy Association’s Great Decisions series to give my views on the world economy.  I discussed the G20 meetings held in November, the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on the economies of the emerging markets, my...

Dear Friends, Please find below a link to a Bloomberg Radio interview I did covering the recent meeting of the G20, my thoughts on the Chinese economy, and it’s role in the emerging market debt crisis brought on by the COVID-19 pandemic.  Also, a few thoughts on the...

Dear Friends: Please find attached an op-ed written by Cristina Valencia, an epidemiologist who consults with the World Health Organization and myself concerning Latin America’s effort to contain the Covid-19 pandemic. We point out that without additional funding the...

Dear Friends, Please find attached my op-ed which appeared in the Banker Magazine covering the fraud at Wirecard and the lessons to be drawn from the regulatory weakness demonstrated in this case.  At the end of the day, its all about a firm’s culture and conduct and...

Dear Friends, Please find attached my Reuters op-ed covering the three biggest challenges that Latin America has faced in its modern history and what needs to be done going forward. I would appreciate any comments that you might have....