Las emisiones de nuevas acciones y las bonos en los últimos meses de 2013 podrían facilitar la recuperación de la Bolsa de Valores de Colombia (BVC) tras un año difícil en su primera mitad.
Colombia Financial Services
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The insurance sector has experienced significant growth in recent years as a rise in disposable income, an expansion of the formal economy, falling unemployment and gradual advancement on major infrastructure projects have helped expand demand across the spectrum of general and life insurance products. The number of insured has doubled between 2008 and 2011 and, at an average growth rate of 9.6%...
Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Colombia 2013
Colombia’s increasingly deep, diverse and sophisticated capital markets suggest a coming of age for the sector, which in 2012 saw total annual traded volume reach $36bn and a record total market capitalisation of $270bn. Well-established sovereign fixed-income and foreign exchange markets have been complemented in recent years by a developing derivatives market, increased domestic corporate debt...
Characterised by strong supervision and relatively conservative lending policies, Colombia’s banking sector is among the most stable and profitable in the region, with a return on assets of 1.97% across all credit entities and a return on equity of 13.56% in 2012. Although the sector is dominated by large domestic conglomerates, conditions are ripe for investors. Consumer, microcredit and...
Outperforming the majority of its regional peers, Colombia has experienced steady economic growth in the past decade registering GDP growth averaging over 4%, a rate set to continue in 2013.
A pesar del sólido crecimiento macroeconómico y del aumento en los ingresos de la última década, la penetración de los seguros en Colombia sigue siendo baja. Se espera que los grandes proyectos de infraestructura de la llamada cuarta generación, que se encuentran próximos a su ejecución, generen oportunidades de ampliación de cobertura, al tiempo que los proveedores buscan nuevas formas de llegar al mercado minorista.