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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.
Due to a growing and ageing population, and an increasing incidence of non-communicable diseases, Brazil became the seventh largest pharmaceutical market in the world in 2018. During the year, retail drug sales, based on pharmacy purchase price (PPP) ...
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Russia has the tenth largest market for new passenger cars in the world and the 16th largest in terms of commercial vehicle sales, according to data from the International Organization of Motor Vehicle Manufacturers (OICA). Sales of passenger cars ...
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India is one of the global leaders in the food and beverage industry, with prominent positions in the production of dairy, meat products, refined sugar and spirits. The GVA of the food and beverage sector is consistently growing but challenges such ...
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Mexico is the second largest pharmaceutical market in Latin America, behind only Brazil, with retail drug sales of USD 10.2bn in 2018. The country also features a growing and ageing population, multiple but underfunded state-run health insurance ...
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Hungary has attracted significant foreign investment to its automotive sector over the last ten years, managing to attract around 40 of the top 100 global OEM parts suppliers. Global automotive firms including Daimler, Audi, Opel and Suzuki have ...
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Under the government’s constant efforts to alleviate the air pollution problems through coal-to-gas conversion programmes, total gas consumption in China saw a robust 17.7% y/y increase in 2018. However, domestic gas production only grew by 8 ...
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The chemical sector is one of the key pillars of the Chinese economy. It comprises five major subsectors – agricultural chemicals, basic chemicals, synthetic materials, paints and coatings, and special purpose chemicals. Over the past two ...
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The metal-processing sector takes a small share in the national economy. With an approximate 2% contribution to the aggregate GVA and 12% to domestic manufacturing, the sector has plenty of room for future growth. India is 100% self-sufficient in ...
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Brazil’s tourism sector has solid growth potential thanks to the country’s diverse natural and cultural resources, which were ranked among the top ten in the world by the 2019 Travel and Tourism Competitiveness Report by the World ...
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In 2018, Poland was the eighth-largest real estate market in Europe with commercial real estate transactions worth a record EUR 7.2bn. The domestic market was supported by robust demand for modern office, industrial and retail buildings coupled with ...
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