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The recent credit downgrade of five of South Africa’s largest domestic banks by one notch has prompted quizzical reactions from the government and local financial community, coming just as four of the banks announced improving earnings growth and a decline in bad debt.
Recientes acontecimientos en la creciente economía peruana indican un crecimiento inminente del mercado de valores, poniendo gran énfasis en atraer inversionistas individuales que puedan incrementar el número de Ofertas Públicas Iniciales (OPI) este año.
With initial public offerings (IPOs) set to inject much needed capital into the sector and a new independent authority ready to promote transparency and oversee expansion, the Omani banking sector looks set for a period of further development.
As the overall economy continues to pick up steam, Qatar’s insurance sector looks set to benefit greatly, with strong growth and profits predicted for 2012 and beyond. However, for the sector to truly grow, the industry is conscious that it needs to encourage greater uptake of policies.

The regularity with which the Kuwaiti government has issued bonds over the past decade has driven aggregate bond growth – sovereign and corporate – and helped to establish the country as a leading issuer of bonds’ sharia-compliant equivalents, sukuks. While the global economic crisis has seen a dropoff in bond and sukuk issues across the...

The Kuwait Health Assurance Company (KHAC), a public-private partnership, is set to transform the health care system and create business opportunities for investors. The KHAC was established in 2010 under Ministerial Resolution 586, and the people of Kuwait, the government and a strategic private investor will hold stakes of 50%, 24% and 26%...

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