In recent years the Colombian Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Colombia, BVC) has made significant efforts to increase investment options and expand the capital markets, including the creation of the Colombian Global Market (Mercado Global Colombiano, MGC) and the derivatives market, incorporation into the Integrated Latin American Market (Mercado Integrado Latinoamericano, MILA), and the...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Colombia 2014
The past decade has seen the Colombian banking sector expand against a backdrop of economic growth, improved security and macroeconomic stability. An emerging middle class in need of financial services has fuelled the rise in banking penetration. Although accessing financing has often been a struggle for low-income households and micro-businesses, a fresh influx of microcredit and mobile...
Despite the global vagaries of the mining business and potential volatility in hydrocarbons, a combination of economic liberalisation, free trade agreements and entry to a variety of trade blocs has assured steady growth for Colombia over the past few years. After expanding 6.6% in 2011 and 4% in 2012, Colombia’s economy experienced a slowdown during much of the first half of 2013, registering...
Chapter | Country Profile from The Report: Colombia 2014
In just a decade, advances in the fight against insurgent groups, coupled with long-term policies that have generated confidence among investors, have radically changed the way the world looks at Colombia. On the political front, the government of President Juan Manuel Santos Calderón has maintained a dialogue over the past 18 months with the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia, with hopes...
Despite instability associated with the global mining and hydrocarbons sectors, Colombia displays stable economic growth amidst a regional slowdown, in large part a result of economic liberalisation, free trade agreements and entry to a variety of trade blocs. After recording 6.6% growth in 2011 and 4% in 2012, Colombia saw a slowdown in the first half of 2013, but the economy regained momentum by the end of the year.
El objetivo de alcanzar la ambiciosa meta de una producción de crudo de barriles de 2,5 m2 por día (bpd) para el 2018 parece más difícil para Colombia debido a los estancamientos en los índices de producción. A pesar de que en el 2013 se superó la producción de barriles de 1 m2 por día (bpd), el Ministerio de Hacienda y Crédito Público actualizó recientemente su pronóstico para el 2014 a 981.000 bpd de su predicción de 1,1 m2 bpd de un año atrás.