El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets

This technical note was prepared in the context of a World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program mission in the Republic of El Salvador in March 2016. The capital markets in El Salvador continue to remain relatively small but have played a large...

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spelling okr-10986-262812021-05-25T08:58:26Z El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets World Bank FINANCE MANAGEMENT REGULATION capital markets debt market government debt securities pensions institutional investors market intermediaries financial infrastructure regional integration This technical note was prepared in the context of a World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program mission in the Republic of El Salvador in March 2016. The capital markets in El Salvador continue to remain relatively small but have played a larger role in financing real sector needs in the last 5 years. The investor base is dominated by institutional investors. Two pension funds represent the primary investors in the securities market, followed by banks and insurance companies. The integration with Panama is a welcome development and will help improve opportunities for Salvadoran investors and issuers. The regulation and supervision of capital markets is shared, respectively, between the Central Bank (BCR) and the Financial Superintendency (SSF) and this required stronger coordination. The document contains technical analysis and detailed information underpinning the FSAP assessment’s findings and recommendations. Further information on the FSAP program can be found at www.worldbank.org/fsap. 2017-03-15T21:53:04Z 2017-03-15T21:53:04Z 2016-11 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/789021487930892084/El-Salvador-Financial-sector-assessment-program-capital-markets http://hdl.handle.net/10986/26281 English en_US CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Financial Sector Assessment Program Economic & Sector Work Latin America & Caribbean El Salvador
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topic FINANCE
MANAGEMENT
REGULATION
capital markets
debt market
government debt
securities
pensions
institutional investors
market intermediaries
financial infrastructure
regional integration
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MANAGEMENT
REGULATION
capital markets
debt market
government debt
securities
pensions
institutional investors
market intermediaries
financial infrastructure
regional integration
World Bank
El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets
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El Salvador
description This technical note was prepared in the context of a World Bank Financial Sector Assessment Program mission in the Republic of El Salvador in March 2016. The capital markets in El Salvador continue to remain relatively small but have played a larger role in financing real sector needs in the last 5 years. The investor base is dominated by institutional investors. Two pension funds represent the primary investors in the securities market, followed by banks and insurance companies. The integration with Panama is a welcome development and will help improve opportunities for Salvadoran investors and issuers. The regulation and supervision of capital markets is shared, respectively, between the Central Bank (BCR) and the Financial Superintendency (SSF) and this required stronger coordination. The document contains technical analysis and detailed information underpinning the FSAP assessment’s findings and recommendations. Further information on the FSAP program can be found at www.worldbank.org/fsap.
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title El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets
title_short El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets
title_full El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets
title_fullStr El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets
title_full_unstemmed El Salvador Financial Sector Assessment Program Development Module : Capital Markets
title_sort el salvador financial sector assessment program development module : capital markets
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
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