All Countries and All Sectors

After a major debt issue by a World Bank organisation, Nigeria’s bond market is expected to pick up momentum in 2013. Hunger for its emerging-market issues have pushed down yields, helping lower the cost of investment in Africa’s second-largest economy.

Talk of a slowdown is rarely distanced from discussion of India’s current economic climate. However, carmakers and component manufacturers, who have flocked to the subcontinent since 1983, remain confident in the long-term economic health of the country.

The stock market in Egypt got off to a bullish start in 2013, but political deadlock, ongoing unrest across the country, a rising government budget deficit, foreign reserve losses and currency depreciation have all seen the Egyptian Exchange (EGX) struggle in recent weeks. A recent government decision to impose a tax on all EGX transactions is likely to contribute to continued unstable performance.

Papua New Guinea’s (PNG’s) tourism industry faces another tough year after being passed over for funding in PNG’s record PGK13bn ($6.16bn) budget in November 2012. However, the 2015 XV Pacific Games (XVPG) may give the sector a boost.

The banking sector in Abu Dhabi showed consistent increases in liquidity and net profits throughout 2012, largely aided by net-interest earnings and bigger profits from Islamic finance. Fourth-quarter results and a strong performance by many banks’ shares – the strongest in five years – have led many analysts to conclude that the sector is firmly on the path to recovery.

A pesar de la inmensa riqueza mineral del Perú y las grandes inversiones planificadas para el sector minero en el corto plazo, los conflictos sociales y otros asuntos normativos han generado un retraso en la producción que, de no resolverse rápidamente, podrían desalentar a los futuros inversionistas.