Peru

Deep in the heart of the Amazon jungle lies one of South America’s largest discovered reserves of natural gas, known as the Camisea. Its discovery and development are now integral elements in Peru’s economic development, with royalties from the project alone anticipated to pour more than $30bn into government coffers during its estimated 40-year...

Pension fund reform has become a hot topic among leading fund administrators and lawmakers. As of May 2012, two government commissions, consisting of a technical team appointed by the executive branch and an economic commission that was formed by the Congress, were hard at work to develop a proposal for the restructuring of the pension fund system....

Crédito del Perú THE COMPANY: Volcan is a diversified and significant global producer of silver, zinc, copper and lead. It is the world’s fourth-largest producer of zinc and silver and is currently the number one producer of silver, zinc and lead concentrates in Peru.

The Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima, BVL) has traditionally been known as a small regional player specialising primarily in mining stocks. While the mining sector remains the most active on the BVL in terms of trade volume, the exchange is likely to see several non-mining initial public offerings (IPOs) in 2012 as a result of serious...

THE COMPANY: Graña y Montero (G&M) is a Peruvian holding company consisting of seven firms that operate in sectors such as construction, engineering, real estate, infrastructure and services. G&M has more than 80 years of experience.

A major metals and minerals exporter, Peru experienced steady growth for most of the 2000s and rapid expansion in 2007 and 2008 on the back of high demand for key exports such as copper. The country avoided negative growth in 2009 in spite of the worldwide economic crisis and reduced commodity prices, and the economy began to once again see...