Despite uncertainty for economies across the region, Egypt’s capital market reform continued apace....
The largest of its kind in North Africa, Egypt’s banking sector has also long been seen as one of...
Covid-19 has had a significant impact on the Latin American residential real estate market, with the economic slowdown and increased investor uncertainty serving to dampen growth in the short term. Nevertheless, the pandemic has stimulated demand for both rental properties and accommodation with outdoor space, while also accelerating the digitalisation of the industry and boosting competition among mortgage lenders.
While global investment is expected to fall sharply this year as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, impact investment – the funding of projects that generate a positive social or environmental impact, as well as a financial return – is tipped to hold relatively steady, and could play a key role in the recovery of emerging market economies.
At the start of 2020, the Regional Comprehensive Economic Partnership (RCEP) – potentially the world’s largest free trade deal – seemed on track to be signed by the end of the year. However, the coronavirus pandemic has slowed that process, raising some questions about when the agreement will be formalised.
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