The Moroccan insurance market has seen rapid growth and large-scale regulatory reform with the foundation of an Islamic insurance sector as well as new forms of compulsory insurance. The kingdom is already the best-developed insurance market in North Africa, as well as a major force in the African market, and these changes – together with plans to...
Real estate investment trusts (REITs) are a capital markets instrument used to finance commercial real estate. It is estimated that the average turnover of commercial real estate in Morocco is 3% per annum versus 4% per week for mutual funds. In the kingdom, commercial real estate assets sitting on company balance sheets represent about 15% of...
Measured by banking penetration, financial inclusion levels have been rising swiftly in Morocco in recent years. Estimates suggest that at the start of 2017 there were 74 bank accounts in the kingdom for every 100 Moroccans, up from 71 in June 2016, 68 in December 2015 and 50 in 2010.
Morocco’s banking sector is already the most highly developed in North Africa in terms of penetration indicators and among the most advanced in the wider MENA region. The industry, which is in the midst of a recovery in lending growth rates, now stands on the verge of another substantial step forward in development, thanks to the imminent...
As a historic link between Europe, the Middle East and North Africa, the kingdom of Morocco has long served as an important political juncture. The country’s 12 regions range from Mediterranean ports to the rugged Atlas Mountains and the vast Sahara. The kingdom’s political and cultural dynamics are equally diverse, shaped by Arab, Berber,...
Decades of growth in trade and foreign investment have seen the economies of the world become more interconnected and interdependent than ever before. The production of goods and, increasingly, the provision of services have become fractured across borders as corporations create and integrate into regional and global value chains. These trends...
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