With the economy expected to pick up pace in 2018, and steady expansion forecast over the coming years, the insurance sector is well placed to benefit. Regulatory changes are creating challenges for weaker firms, and encouraging even healthy companies to reconsider their positions, particularly in the non-life segment. This should lead to further consolidation, with the stronger players...
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Improving economic growth, an increasingly sophisticated domestic market and regulatory reform are the main factors shaping the Sri Lankan banking sector. Stability has become a watchword following a period of rapid credit growth, as a flourishing private sector boosted the development of a previously underbanked market. Although the sector has a healthy growth outlook, the central bank is...
Chapter | Trade & Investment from The Report: Sri Lanka 2018
Trade and investment activities in Sri Lanka benefit from the country’s location along busy Indian Ocean trade routes, access to the larger markets of India and Pakistan, abundant agricultural and industrial exports, and a young skilled workforce. Value-added textiles have joined tea, rubber and spices to become a major export earner in recent years, while foreign direct investment (FDI)...
As the government continues its expansive reform agenda with Vision 2025, Sri Lanka’s economy is expected to record moderate improvements in 2018.
New legislation to tighten regulatory oversight and reinforce fiscal buffers should better insulate Trinidad and Tobago’s insurance sector against external shocks, while also bolstering clients’ rights through stronger accountability requirements.
