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The Banking & Insurance sector – often referred to as the lifeblood of the real economy – is of vital importance in the modern credit-driven economic growth model. Among its functions are intermediation between savers and borrowers, ensuring funds are allocated efficiently; support of payment and settlement systems that facilitate trade and international economic relations; and provision of various products that mitigate risk and uncertainty. The accelerating pace of technological change, stricter regulation and shifting consumer habits are reshaping the traditional banking model and pushing the sector towards innovation-led growth.
Activities associated with Banking & Insurance are depositary and non-depositary credit intermediation and related activities, investment banking, securities brokerage, commodity contracts dealing and diverse financial investment activities. The sector also includes insurers, re-insurers and insurance brokerages, pension funds, health and welfare funds, monetary authorities, stock exchanges, and collection and credit agencies.
Turkey’s complex geologic and tectonic structure ranks it among the top countries in the world in terms of mineral diversity. Excluding petroleum and coal, the country is home to 53 exploitable minerals and metals and 4,500 mineral deposits, ...
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In the fourth quarter of 2019 China's telecommunications industry continued to undergo dramatic changes due to the commercialisation of 5G technology. It was a period of intensive 5G infrastructure development and technological upgrade. The official ...
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The insurance sector in China remained on the growing track in the fourth quarter of 2019. Its total assets expanded by 12.2% y/y and exceeded RMB 20tn for the first time, reaching RMB 20.6tn at the quarter end. The insurance premiums generated in Q4 ...
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In 2019, retail sales in Brazil expanded for the third year in a row, by 1.8% y/y in volume terms due to the improving labour market and declining borrowing costs, which supported the disposable income of the population. Additional positive factors ...
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The real estate sector is a major driver for China’s economic growth, accounting alone for about 7% of the country’s GDP in 2019, and for around 14% of it jointly with the construction sector. The residential building subsector is the ...
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Despite the stringent measures, including lockdowns and quarantines imposed by the government to curb the spread of the coronavirus, in the first quarter of 2020 China’s pig iron and crude steel production rose by 2.4% y/y and 1.5% y/y to 199 ...
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In Q1 2020, the performance of China’s retail sector was affected by the COVID-19 outbreak. The country’s GDP declined by 6.8% y/y in the period, while the GDP generated by the wholesale and retail sectors dropped by 17.8% y/y. Average ...
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Mexico is the second largest economy in Latin America in terms of nominal GDP, and thereby a key consumer market in the region with a population of over 126mn as of December 2019. Over the period 2014-2019, the retail trade sector performed well, ...
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Indonesia is the world’s fourth most populous country, so its retail sector is an attractive destination for investors. A 2019 ranking by A.T. Kearney placed the country as the fifth most attractive retail emerging market. The ...
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Healthcare expenditure in Romania has been increasing steadily in recent years (up by 15.6% y/y in 2017), but remains the lowest in the EU28, both in per capita purchasing power and as a share of GDP (5.2% in 2017). An Ageing population and ...
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