With demand for sharia-compliant banking growing, Morocco has become the latest Muslim country to authorise Islamic banks. According to industry experts, these types of financial services could represent as much as 10% of the market. For a long time the country has been reluctant to privilege the development of the Islamic finance segment...
While advanced economies generate the vast majority of insurance and reinsurance business, emerging markets are posting higher rates of growth. Complementing this underlying trend is a strong and expanding interest in catastrophic risk, which by nature tends to pertain to emerging markets. This is coming alongside fast-paced, sector-...
Home to one of the largest capital markets in Africa, Morocco’s bourse, the Casablanca Stock Exchange (CSE), has been slow to develop in recent years, with relatively few new listings, limited liquidity and a mixed performance. However, 2016 saw both the strongest stock market returns and the largest initial public offering (IPO) in years. In...
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