What type of new risks is Myanmar’s economy facing during its current transition period? How have these risks been managed?
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Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to U Win Shein, Minister of Finance, and Chairman, Myanmar Investment Commission from The Report: Myanmar 2014
Articles & Analysis | Safety first: The entry of private companies should shake up the insurance sector from The Report: Myanmar 2014
For the first time in 60 years, Myanmar has permitted private insurance companies to compete with the state monopoly, granting 12 licences in June 2013 to local companies as part of a wider set of reforms aimed at making the financial system more market-driven. But Myanma Insurance, the country’s insurance monopoly, will continue to remain the...
Articles & Analysis | On the right track: Plans to open a modern stock exchange in Yangon are under way from The Report: Myanmar 2014
Myanmar is well on its way to opening a local, modern Yangon Stock Exchange (YSE) by 2015 with the help of the Tokyo Stock Exchange and Daiwa Securities, Japan’s second-largest brokerage house. Demand from over 60 companies is high and investors are anxious to obtain liquid access to the market. Even so, many building blocks must be put in place...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to U Than Lwin, Deputy Chairman, KBZ Bank; U Kyaw Lynn, CEO, Cooperative Bank; and U Win Min Khine, Managing Director, Apex Bank from The Report: Myanmar 2014
What contributions can we expect from foreign banks in developing the local banking sector over the next 12-18 months?
Articles & Analysis | Golden opportunity: With both high risks and significant opportunities, the government is focusing on stable development from The Report: Myanmar 2014
Recent reforms in the sector are beginning to take off and to address the low levels of lending and banking recorded in the country in 2011. Foreign banks are lining up at the country’s doorstep to tap into this potentially major market in the heart of South-east Asia. Since April 2011 and the shift in government policy, banks have started to...
Interviews & Viewpoints | OBG talks to U Kyaw Kyaw Maung, Governor, Central Bank of Myanmar (CBM) from The Report: Myanmar 2014
What relationship will the CBM have with the Ministry of Finance (MoF) now it is autonomous?