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BBVA Global Executive Chairman Francisco González, together with Queen Maxima of the Netherlands and OECD Secretary General Ángel Gurría, presented the 2015 PISA Report on Financial Literacy. According to the conclusions of the study, Spain sits below the OECD average. BBVA’s Global Executive Chairman called for “everyone to join forces to make progress in an issue that is so significant to people’s well-being” like financial education.
According to Bank of America's Merrill Edge study, millennials prefer to travel, go out to dinner or pay for a gym membership, rather than ensure their financial future. Specifically, 81% of millennials tend to spend more on travel, 65% on dinners and 55% on fitness rather than save for their financial future.
Expansión reports that according to the conclusions of AIMC’s 20th Census of Movie Theaters, the number of movie theaters increased this year for the first time since 2011 to nearly 700. However, the last three years have registered increases in the number of moviegoers. The sector is also moving ahead in its digitization process, as nearly 90 % of movie theaters have been digitized.
Brands are hiring influencers to reach out the masses. Companies are paying dizzying sums of money for a picture. They say the investment is worth it. However, trusting communications to people outside an organization entails risks.
As reported in Futuro a Fondo, Deloitte has estimated that development and growth of robo-advisors in the asset management market at more than $3.7 trillion by 2020 and more than $16 trillion by 2025. These figures are three times the amount the main global asset managers currently manage.
As reported in Prensario, the IDC FutureScape study concludes that 40 % of the 3,000 biggest companies in Latin America will have teams specializing in innovation and digital transformation by the end of 2017. By 2020, digitally improved products, services and experiences will not just be a priority for these companies, the majority of the business will depend on their ability to create them.