JMMB News

JMMB Group’s pension fund in the Dominican Republic, AFP JMMB BDI, was the top-performing pension fund of the seven players in that market, as it provided its clients with a return of 9.19%; when compared to the market’s average of 7.5% on retirement savings, at the close of 2018.

The JMMB Joan Duncan Foundation joined forces with Panache Digital Media, recently (March 29-30), to assist in empowering 25 youth, drawn from varying backgrounds, including: entrepreneurs and unemployed, at-risk youth, to hone their skills in social media, to advance their digital careers.

JMMB Bank and the UWI/ Mona School of Business and Management (MSBM) have forged a partnership to offer up to 100% financing for postgraduate students in the department’s programme, starting April 1.

Many girls and women complain about some discomfort during their menstrual cycle, yet it is not this pain that causes trepidation in some teen girls, forcing them to forego school; it is,instead,the inability to afford sufficient sanitary products for use during their cycles. Shelly-Ann Weeks, author and founder, HerFlow Foundation, which has a primary focus on female reproductive health,estimates that approximately 70,000 girls cannot afford feminine products – also known as “period poverty” – so they use discarded fabric, paper towels and some even resort to reusing sanitary napkins.