Peru

Once considered to be the “fibre of the gods” by the Inca civilisation, alpaca continues to play an important role in the Peruvian economy and culture. The origin of the animal after which the fibre is named has been a matter of disagreement for scientists and historians for hundreds of years. However, the most widely accepted theory is that...

Peruvian administrations since the 1990s have enacted various laws largely characterised by the promotion and protection of private property, business freedom, free competition, and private investment from both national and foreign investors in various productive sectors. The aforementioned legal framework is the current backbone of the...

Since the 1990s Peru has had a stable legal framework, guaranteed by the constitution, which serves as the backbone of the economic model that has sustained the country’s structural reforms during recent years. Peru currently has a corporate, tax, labour, private property, foreign investment and public bidding framework that is attractive to...

Grupo Romero’s Alicorp is the largest consumer goods company in Peru. Over the approximately 60 years it has been in business, Alicorp has grown through several merger and acquisition transactions with other local firms. The company currently has clear market leadership in most of the key categories it competes in. Alicorp’s revenue comes...

Over the past five years growth in the real estate sector has outpaced that of the economy as a whole, driven by increasing household income levels; pent-up demand, particularly among middle- and middle-low-income households; greater access to mortgages due to lower interest rates; and state housing programmes such as the My House fund....