Analysis
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7 publications
Risk and compliance architecture in Colombian banking
How the second line of defence is organised at a bank supervised by Colombia's Financial Superintendency, and why Risk and Compliance are two separate functions even though they sit in the same layer. A complete map, from the board of directors down to the financial intelligence unit.
Colombia's cooperative sector: 7.6 million owners
The 3,251 cooperatives, employee funds and mutual associations supervised by Colombia's Solidarity Economy Superintendency. How much they weigh, which ones actually lend, and why half the sector is the size of a small business.
An X-ray of Colombia's financial sector, June 2026
The 254 institutions supervised by Colombia's Financial Superintendency, read from the CUIF chart of accounts. Where the 1,732 trillion pesos sit, who funds them, and why the sector's weak spot is not the banks.
Three regulators, three ways of handling other people's money
Colombia's three supervisory regimes side by side: 32,817 entities and 3,752 trillion pesos in assets. Leverage climbs from 46% to 87% as the level of supervision rises, and that is no coincidence.
How a project is born: from idea to approved budget
Module 1. Why most good ideas die before the steering committee, and what a business case has to carry for the money to be approved. With a real collections case where the fine cost nine times more than the fix.
A corporate X-ray of Colombia, 2025
The 29,312 companies that filed financial statements with the Superintendency of Companies, classified by activity code and cross-referenced against their income statements. Where the market is, where the risk is, and who actually keeps the profit.
How to tell whether a KPI earns its place
Four questions that separate the indicators that change a decision from the ones that just fill a dashboard. Plus the signs that an indicator is about to be ignored.