Following a landmark peace agreement and a late-2016 tax reform package, 2017 looks to be a year of significant promise for Colombia. The country has been in recovery since the 2014 collapse in oil prices, which predominantly affected exports, government revenues and the exchange rate. However, with the external sector acting as a shock absorber, the authorities helped ensure that domestic demand was able to pick up some of the slack.
L’essor du microfinancement en Côte d’Ivoire a été suivi d’un processus régulier de consolidation, porté notamment par les efforts d'assainissement déployés par le gouvernement.
What has been the industry’s reaction to the new framework for the valuation of insurance policy reserves and risk-based capital?
The Philippines’ insurance sector has been exhibiting strong growth in recent years. While it did experience a slowdown in 2014, and then again in early 2016 ahead of the election, the trend overall has been positive, and its strong performance looks likely to continue. Although premium growth remained flat in 2016, insurers are forecast to...
While the Philippine Stock Exchange (PSE) had originally aimed to add 10 initial public offerings (IPOs) over the course of 2016, by year’s end just four had been issued, valued at a combined P49.37bn ($1.04bn) including follow-ons and secondary offerings. Although the IPO market was fairly subdued overall, with many of the sales priced lower...
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