Peru has many of the economic ingredients needed for rapid expansion of the capital market, yet the authorities still need to channel efforts into making the Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima, BVL) attractive to both businesses and investors. Since the turn of the new millennium, the number of listed companies has grown from 210 in 2001 to 277 as of June 2018. Of these,...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Peru 2018
Despite the deceleration of the Peruvian economy in 2017, driven in large part by the simultaneous impacts of the El Niño climate cycle and the corruption scandals related to Brazilian construction giant Odebrecht, the banking sector has remained stable. According to international credit ratings agency Moody’s, at the close of 2017 the sector was exhibiting sustained profitability, diverse...
With a new administration in place, local and international players in Peru have regained optimism. As one of South America’s top performers due to its reforms and fiscal discipline, the country is benefiting from rising commodity prices and an export-oriented mining sector. In addition, 2018 brought increased public expenditure, with notable rises in the budgets for education, health, infrastructure and reconstruction.
Economic update | Nouvelles options d’emprunts et de capitaux propres pour les PME en Côte d’Ivoire
21 Aug 2018
Le gouvernement ivoirien, soucieux de donner aux entrepreneurs du pays davantage d’opportunités de croissance, vient de signer un accord portant sur la création d’une ligne de crédit expressément destinée aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME).
With liquidity levels strong and earnings solid, international ratings agencies and the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) have expressed confidence in the financial stability of the country’s banks, though external pressures remain.
Articles & Analysis | Private spending recovery to bolster consumption despite US-China trade war uncertainty from The Report: Thailand 2018
The Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index continued to rally in 2017 with positive returns of 13.7% after reaching 19.8% in 2016. This largely came from broad-based global economic recovery, which boosted petrochemicals, transport, tourism and energy. Meanwhile, the pickup in domestic demand supported the automotive, property and commerce...