The Peruvian stock exchange, the Lima Stock Exchange (Bolsa de Valores de Lima, BVL), had a boom year in 2016, achieving one of the highest rates of return in the world. The main index, the Standard & Poor’s (S&P)/BVL Perú General, ended the year at 15,567 points, a gain of 58.1% on the previous year, according to the World Federation...
How important is it for the country’s economic recovery to guarantee the execution of public and private investment projects?
In early 2016 Peru launched a new mobile payments system called billetera móvil (mobile wallet) or BIM. While there have been numerous mobile payment systems introduced around the world, frequently as rival alliances between competing telecoms and banking players, this particular project stands out for being a collaborative venture...
What type of products, instruments and channels could help enhance financial inclusion?
Peru’s banking system is widely seen as one of the most stable and well regulated in Latin America. At one level the main banking sector story in 2017 is how this essentially solid services industry will adapt to Peru’s gradual transition from annual growth rates of 7-8% during the commodity boom to a more moderate medium-term average growth...
Despite the difficulties posed by a fragmented health care system, opportunities for private health insurance are abundant in Peru. Health services are provided by five main entities: Seguro Integral de Salud; Seguro Social de Salud (EsSalud); two government schemes for the armed forces and the police; and private health insurers, known as ...
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