COMPANY OVERVIEW: Alliance Assurances is a joint-stock company with an initial capital of AD500m (€4.6m). It was created in December 2004 by a group of national investors, and in 2007 it launched “Algeria Touring Assistance” in partnership with the Touring Club of Algeria.
We were expecting initial public offerings (IPOs) to be among the key priorities for the development of Algeria’s financial sector over the past year, and we have finally begun to see notable progress on that front: currently four state-owned companies are finalising the process and will likely be joined by a highly reputable private...
Algeria’s banking sector is characterised by low intermediation and penetration rates, although both have increased dramatically in recent years thanks primarily to ample liquidity stemming from abundant hydrocarbons revenues. The sector’s regulator, the Bank of Algeria (BoA), has licensed 20 banks – including six public banks that essentially...
We are in an international environment marked by political and economic developments that directly impact the energy sector. We have all been faced with a significant drop in income from hydrocarbons exports. This situation is also occurring in a national economic context marked by the growth of social demands. This shows how important the...
Hydrocarbons activity is the single most important industry in Algeria, accounting for approximately 60% of government revenues and 95% of total exports. The fall in oil prices since mid-2014 of more than 50% had a negative impact on the country’s finances and resulted in a halving of earnings from hydrocarbons exports. Concerns have been...
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