Despite the headwinds of low oil prices and recent regional political turbulence, Abu Dhabi’s stock exchange put in a relatively strong performance in 2016, with the main index posting a 5% gain for the year. A sizeable sovereign bond sale also injected life into the emirate’s nascent debt market, reviving a yield curve that had been interrupted by a seven-year absence of sovereign issuances....
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Abu Dhabi 2017
Despite undergoing a profitability squeeze in 2016, Abu Dhabi’s banking sector nonetheless demonstrated its ability to expand its asset base during a period of difficult economic conditions. A recovery in deposit growth means that liquidity concerns have abated, while the stabilisation of oil prices and continued expansion of the non-oil economy brought cheer at the outset of 2017. The sector...
Interviews & Viewpoints | Indrajith Coomaraswamy, Governor, Central Bank of Sri Lanka: Interview from The Report: Sri Lanka 2017
How resilient is the domestic economy to external shocks like the decline in commodity prices?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Jim McCabe, CEO, Standard Chartered Sri Lanka: Interview from The Report: Sri Lanka 2017
What is your view on Sri Lanka’s growth momentum and development in the banking sector?
Interviews & Viewpoints | Ban Ki-moon, Former Secretary-General, UN: Viewpoint from The Report: Sri Lanka 2017
The entire 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development is centred on respect for human rights. It aims to ensure that no one is left behind by reaching out to the most vulnerable and marginalised first. Sustainable Development Goal 16, on promoting peaceful and inclusive societies, provides the clearest example of this approach. Goal 10 on...
Articles & Analysis | Plans set to transform Sri Lanka's Colombo region into economic powerhouse from The Report: Sri Lanka 2017
Colombo, the biggest city in Sri Lanka by some margin, is the country’s economic engine. A range of large-scale projects are under way that are set to transform the city into a regional centre for business, trade and investment. These initiatives can be complied into the Western Region Megapolis plan, a blueprint for developing an area of 3600...