Early indicators suggest that investor sentiment in Bahrain has been largely unaffected by a recent credit rating downgrade from Standard & Poor’s (S&P).
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A medida que Colombia avanza en la ejecución de grandes proyectos de infraestructura, se espera que los bancos de desarrollo del Estado sean cada vez más importantes en cuanto a finanzas contra-cíclicas.
Articles & Analysis | Growing participation in Djibouti's financial services sector due to greater competition from The Report: Djibouti 2016
Djibouti’s banking sector, which was a duopoly until as recently as 2006, has seen a wave of development in recent years, and the scope for further growth is significant. Recent years have seen lending rise exponentially as new players have entered an increasingly well regulated market: credit allocated to the private sector grew from 20% of...
Articles & Analysis | Djibouti insurance industry seeks greater profits from The Report: Djibouti 2016
Despite its limited size, with only two companies currently in operation – Assurance AMERGA and GXA Insurance – the Djiboutian insurance sector has enjoyed relatively steady growth, particularly over the past decade and a half. A number of reforms in 2000, followed by the more recent rise in capital investment and foreign investment in...
Articles & Analysis | Djibouti's financial sector boosted by competition and improving regulations from The Report: Djibouti 2016
On the back of a rise in both capital investment and transport activity, Djibouti’s banking sector has seen considerable expansion in recent years. The most visible change has been the increase in the number of players in the market, which has led to an uptick in competitiveness and the expansion of products and services targeting local...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Christian Boucher, CEO, GXA Insurance: Interview from The Report: Djibouti 2016
What challenges does the expansion in the freight-forwarding sector pose in providing adequate cargo insurance coverage?