When evaluating financial regulation in Colombia, it is easy to observe that the nation has learned well the lessons from past crises – namely the earlier financial crisis of 1982 and the mortgage crisis of 1998-99. As Óscar Cabrera Izquierdo, the president of BBVA Colombia, told OBG, “Since the last financial crisis, Colombia has developed two...
Since the turn of the millennium, and in particular over the past few years, a number of bilateral free trade and investment promotion agreements have resulted in an increasingly globalised Colombian economy. Moreover, the establishment of regional trade blocs such as the Andean Community ( Comunidad Andina, CAN) and the Pacific Alliance have also...
The mining sector has become an increasingly attractive investment target for various reasons. Foremost is the fact that Colombia possesses a diverse geology that is home to an assortment of precious minerals and metals. With access to both the Pacific and Atlantic Oceans, it also provides a strategic location from which to export. Due to decades of...
The culmination of a two-year process in May 2011 to integrate the stock markets of Colombia, Chile and Peru was aimed at increasing business between the three capital markets and offering investors a more diverse and liquid range of alternative investments. Greater liquidity was expected to bring in more investors and encourage additional companies...
The insurance sector has consistently outperformed Colombian GDP growth in recent years. A rise in disposable income, an expansion of the formal economy, falling unemployment and gradual advancement on major infrastructure projects have helped push up demand across the spectrum of general and life insurance products. The number of insured has...
THE COMPANY: Grupo Éxito is the lead retailer in Colombia. It has been operating for more than a century and has a local market share of over 40%. Currently its majority shareholder is Casino Group from France. The company has 418 stores and is present in 68 Colombian towns and cities.
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