> BOXX GLOBAL EXPAT SOLUTIONS: BEST MOBILITY VALUE CREATION SERVICES EUROPE 2018
Helping corporates manage global employee mobility, Boxx Global Expat Solutions has developed a new and holistic approach that moves away from single product services – addressing only one or, at most, a few of the requirements – to a end-to-end and everything-in-between model that leaves no detail to chance. This way, Boxx Global Expat Solutions reinvented the expat services business and managed to become the largest of its kind in Europe. The company helps its customers obtain a full overview of all practicalities that result from moving professionals between jurisdictions. The ultimate goal is to make these moves as seamless as possible in order to fit
with overall corporate expectations and ensure the well-being and performance of employees. Boxx Global Expat Solutions is unique in that the company recognises the many failings inherent in the one-size-fits-all approach to employee mobility which rarely yields satisfying results. Instead, Boxx Global Expat Solutions designs and implements bespoke packages that tie in with existing human resources policies of its customers. The company maintains a vast and continually updated database that includes, amongst many other metrics, the cultural, legal, fiscal, and financial variables that come into play when professionals are moved between
countries. Crucially, the database also includes outcomes and, as such, provides pathways to success built on actual experience. The CFI.co judging panel recognises that the global expat business is, more often than not, erected on an ad hoc basis – or by throwing money at any problem that arises. This usually begets disappointment on all sides. By providing transparent and fact-based advice that includes all minutiae of employee mobility, outcomes are predictable, costs are contained, and all parties involved remain dedicated to the pursuit of corporate success. The judges declare Boxx Global Expat Solutions winner of the 2018 Best Mobility Value Creation Services Europe Award.
> MEGAINVER: BEST BALANCED EQUITY FUND MANAGER ARGENTINA 2018
In Argentina, investors are hard-up for choice. In dollar terms, the stock market has receded significantly this year. Corporate and government bonds also accumulated losses. Small wonder that investors are turning to markets overseas to find solace. There remain, however, a few safe havens in an otherwise depressed market such as the dollar denominated mutual funds set up and administered by MegaInver – one of Argentina’s principal asset management firms with exposure to the retail side of the market. Thanks to MegaInver, small savers have found a number of niches that preserve the integrity of their capital. The firm’s mutual 106
funds offer retail investors a chance to enjoy the solid yields offered by short-term treasury bonds (Letes), issued locally in US dollars. MegaInver was one of the first mutual fund administrators to recognise the benefits of Letes and set up a number of facilities that allow small savers to enjoy their excellent performance. The short term treasury bonds also enable retail investors to build up a dollar denominated portfolio that is inflation-proof. MegaInver maintain a comprehensive range of investment funds to suit different levels of tolerance to risk from dollar saving accounts, to fixed and variable income mutual funds and SME funds that CFI.co | Capital Finance International
tap into one of the country’s most dynamic economic sectors. Investors are encouraged to avail themselves of the firm’s local expertise to design a well-diversified investment portfolio that includes a number of hedges against the vagaries of the market. The CFI.co judging panel notes that MegaInver fields a team of exceptionally well-trained and experienced professionals and analysts. The firm’s performance is widely recognised as a benchmark for the asset management sector. The judges are unanimous in their decision to name MegaInver winner of the 2018 Best balanced Equity Fund Manager Argentina Award.