The Stock Exchange of Thailand has outperformed its regional peers in liquidity and initial public offering growth in recent years, rising to become the best-performing stock market in the Asia-Pacific region in 2016. The bond market has also been a standout performer, despite concerns over rising numbers of short-term bond defaults, with the segment witnessing an influx of foreign capital...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Thailand 2017
Although stable, liquid and profitable, Thailand’s banking sector saw growth moderate in 2016 as rising defaults in the highly leveraged consumer and small business segments weighed on lending growth. Large corporate lenders have increasingly turned to alternative financing channels, most notably the short-term bond market, further impacting loan growth in 2016. Non-performing loans are...
Chapter | Trade & Investment from The Report: Thailand 2017
Benefitting from an export-oriented, industrialised economy and an ideal geographic position with proximity to Japan, China and high-growth ASEAN members, trade and investment in Thailand has expanded steadily in recent years on the strengths of its agricultural, automotive, electronics and textiles exporters. The country is more economically liberalised than some of its larger ASEAN...
Despite considerable geopolitical volatility, Thailand’s economy remains well diversified, stable and poised for expansion in 2017.
Articles & Analysis | Trinidad and Tobago banks adopt many international standards from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2017
Following another positive year in 2016, in which it maintained profitability and financial strength in the face of challenges related to a wider economic slowdown, Trinidad and Tobago’s banking sector is poised to play a key role in supporting new growth. Executives in the sector expect the economy to begin to rebound in late 2017 and into...
Articles & Analysis | Electronic payments may improve financial inclusion in Trinidad and Tobago from The Report: Trinidad & Tobago 2017
It has been widely argued that achieving greater financial inclusion – the delivery of financial services at affordable costs to lower-income segments of any given population – is an effective way of reducing poverty and promoting economic growth and development. The UN has suggested that financial inclusion objectives should include providing...