With economic growth, solid corporate earnings and a rising need for financing among domestic companies boosting stock markets and stimulating private equity activity, Vietnam’s capital markets have grown steadily in recent years. A wave of equitisation of state-owned enterprises is boosting the sector further, while a growing range of indices are broadening options for investors. A new...
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Chapter | Capital Markets from The Report: Vietnam 2017
Robust economic growth, the easing of restrictions on foreign bank ownership and increasing technological sophistication have added to the dynamism of the Vietnamese banking sector in recent years, as the industry puts the mini-crisis of 2012 behind it. Recent years have been characterised by substantial credit growth, as well as ongoing measures to address bad debt. Banking penetration is...
Articles & Analysis | Underwriters in Mexico's insurance sector look to improve industry, reach greater penetration levels from The Report: Mexico 2017
Given the relatively high administration costs, and low profitability, serving the insurance sector in Mexico has not traditionally been a priority for leading market players. The country can be a challenging market for insurers to operate in as it is exposed, for instance, to a full range of natural disaster risks including earthquakes,...
Articles & Analysis | Range of options in Mexico's capital markets provide attractive investment opportunities from The Report: Mexico 2017
The Mexican peso is the second most actively traded emerging market currency, after the Chinese yuan, signalling a strong investment vehicle for the county’s assets. Its capital markets are tightly regulated, but this has not greatly hampered innovation, with a number of new financial products becoming available to investors in recent years....
Articles & Analysis | Mexico's auto insurance companies look to increase uptake from The Report: Mexico 2017
Mexico is one of the few countries where there is no mandatory legal requirement for all drivers to be insured at all times. It is perhaps unsurprising therefore that, according to the Mexican Association of Insurance Companies (Asociación Mexicana de Instituciones de Seguros, AMIS), only 27% of cars in the country were insured in 2016, down...
Articles & Analysis | New bourse in Mexico to offer more options and deeper market from The Report: Mexico 2017
With listings, market capitalisation and liquidity in Mexico far below what would be expected in an economy of its size and development, financial market services firm Central de Corretajes (CENCOR) spotted a market opportunity and has been working to set up a second bourse to operate alongside the long-established Mexican Stock Exchange (...