With a new administration in place, local and international players in Peru have regained optimism. As one of South America’s top performers due to its reforms and fiscal discipline, the country is benefiting from rising commodity prices and an export-oriented mining sector. In addition, 2018 brought increased public expenditure, with notable rises in the budgets for education, health, infrastructure and reconstruction.
Economic update | Nouvelles options d’emprunts et de capitaux propres pour les PME en Côte d’Ivoire
Le gouvernement ivoirien, soucieux de donner aux entrepreneurs du pays davantage d’opportunités de croissance, vient de signer un accord portant sur la création d’une ligne de crédit expressément destinée aux petites et moyennes entreprises (PME).
With liquidity levels strong and earnings solid, international ratings agencies and the Qatar Stock Exchange (QSE) have expressed confidence in the financial stability of the country’s banks, though external pressures remain.
Interviews & Viewpoints | Chaipatr Srivisarvacha, CEO, KT ZMICO Securities Company; and Governor, Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) : Interview from The Report: Thailand 2018
What are the benefits of implementing the trade date plus two days (T+2) settlement period?
Articles & Analysis | Blockchain and crowdfunding contribute to evolutions in online brokerage market in Thailand from The Report: Thailand 2018
Since the emergence of financial technology ( fintech) in the early 2010s, various terms – such as Bitcoin, initial coin offering, blockchain and crowd-funding – have entered the vernacular. The trends and technologies these words represent have influenced nearly every aspect of the economy.
Articles & Analysis | Positive economic forecasts contribute to record stock and bond performance in Thailand from The Report: Thailand 2018
Bolstered by improved political stability, positive growth and consumption outlooks, and rising investor confidence, market capitalisation in Thailand rose to pre-1997-98 Asian financial crisis levels for the first time in early 2018 as the Stock Exchange of Thailand (SET) Index hit an all-time high in January.