The rapidly evolving financial technology (fintech) industry is emerging as one of the most vibrant segments of the global financial services sector, collecting over $22bn in investment in 2015 – a figure that is expected to grow exponentially. The usefully disruptive effect of new products and services has raised competition levels and...
Abu Dhabi’s plans to unlock the share value of some of its key economic assets are gathering steam, with initial public offerings (IPOs) of a number of public enterprises expected in 2018, in moves that could encourage private sector companies to follow suit.
Regulatory reforms aimed at implementing interna¬tional best practices across banks, capital markets and the insurance industry have been undertaken in Jordan’s financial services sector, which already benefits from stable, well-capitalised and profitable lenders, and rapid growth and diversification in Islamic financial services. Yet, there remains room for improvement. The majority of the...
As ongoing volatility continues to hamper growth in the region, Jordan has made significant progress in preserving macroeconomic stability and reducing its fiscal deficit in the past few years. Efforts to the fulfill the stipulations of a $723m extended fund facility agreement with the IMF continue, and the government may need to pursue more widespread reforms to increase income tax revenues and limit tax avoidance so as to sustain recent momentum.
While advanced economies generate the vast majority of insurance and reinsurance business, emerging markets are posting higher rates of growth. Complementing this underlying trend is a strong and expanding interest in catastrophic risk, which by nature tends to pertain to emerging markets. This is coming alongside fast-paced, sector-...
With the new Yangon Stock Exchange (YSX) established as recently as October 2015, Myanmar’s capital markets remain at a very early stage in their development. As such, the bourse is subject to many of the pitfalls often found in a low-volume, frontier industry, but there is also a wealth of potential. With access to finance being one of the...
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