Banking and insurance

With over 660mn people, and a combined economy that represents the fifth largest in the world, the 10 countries forming the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) region have been relying on fossil fuels to power their fast growth. The ASEAN ...

The Central Europe region, as covered by the scope of this report, consists of Turkey, Poland, Romania, Czech Republic and Hungary. All of these countries are strategically important to transportation in the region, to a varying extent, depending on ...

Brazil is a major player in the global metal processing sector thanks to the country's vast mineral resources and its integrated manufacturing industry. Bauxite and iron ore, the main inputs for aluminium and steel production respectively, are both ...

In the first quarter of 2023, the net revenue of Brazil's telecom industry stood at BRL 42.4bn, growing by 6.9% y/y and by 0.5% against the earnings generated in Q4 2022. Mobile telephony services (including mobile broadband services) accounted for ...

In Q1 2023, sales of new motor vehicles in Brazil stood at 471,775 units, decreasing by 21.61% q/q and increasing by 16.3% y/y. Passenger cars was the largest segment with a market share of 73.3% in Q1 2023, followed by light commercial vehicles and ...

The food and beverages sector in Colombia has shown resilience, not only at the production level by recovering from the COVID-19 pandemic, but also at the consumption level, as despite higher prices Colombians have increased their consumption of milk ...

The total assets of the scheduled commercial banks (SCBs) in India continued to expand, as credit growth remained strong amid the continuation of economic recovery, and the festive season running between October and December 2023. Total assets of ...

In recent years, China has been opening its financial services market to global investors and gradually easing access restrictions on foreign financial institutions. Insurance is at the forefront of the country's financial market opening. Since 2019, ...

In 2018, China relaxed the conditions regarding the operation of foreign banks, allowing them to simultaneously set up bank branches and subsidiaries. M&As are the most common way for foreign banks to start a business in China. In 2022, 57 M&A deals ...

China is the largest producer and consumer of alcoholic beverages in the world, producing one-third of the world's spirits and one-fifth of the world's beer. Its beer production ranked first in the world for 21 consecutive years. In 2022, the ...