The Moroccan insurance industry is one of the kingdom’s largest sectors of institutional investors. It is heavily invested in local equities, which has given rise to concerns that this is exposing it to high levels of risk. However, plans to gradually introduce new solvency regulations should mitigate this by making insurers choose between...
Which segments offer the most potential to extend insurance penetration in Morocco?
Morocco’s trade balance improved substantially in 2014 and is set to perform better still in 2015 thanks to factors such as lower oil prices and improving conditions in major export markets, though it is set to maintain a large trade deficit for the foreseeable future. Levels of inward foreign direct investment (FDI) have grown substantially...
In line with a global trend to increase private sector activity in infrastructure development, Morocco is now host to several major public-private partnership (PPP) projects, including the kingdom’s largest power station and port at Jorf Lasfar and Tanger-Med, respectively. PPP success has left the government keen to boost the number of such...
Over the past 15 years Morocco has signed free trade agreements (FTAs) with some of the largest economies in the world. This has impacted the kingdom’s trade figures, though in some cases it has also been followed by increases in trade deficits with these partners. The next major accord Morocco is likely to sign is a Deep and Comprehensive FTA...
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