Capital Markets
A capital market is a financial market in which long-term debt (over a year) or equity-backed securities are bought and sold. Capital markets channel the wealth of savers to those who can put it to long-term productive use, such as companies or governments making long-term investments. Financial regulators like Securities and Exchange Board of India (SEBI), Bank of England (BoE) and the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) oversee capital markets to protect investors against fraud, among other duties. Modern capital markets are almost invariably hosted on computer-based electronic trading platforms; most can be accessed only by entities within the …
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IMF: International Monetary Fund · 7 November 2024 English
The technical assistance aimed to build capacity to monitor and assess systemic risk for non-bank financial institutions in the Grenada Authority for the Regulation of Financial Institutions (GARFIN). The mission …
Technical Assistance Report Monetary and Capital Markets Department Grenada Systemic Risk Monitoring …
World Bank Group · 7 November 2024 English
Croatia is a high-income country with solid macroeconomic fundamentals, which has contributed to the country’s accelerated income convergence with the rest of the EU in recent years. The sustained inflow …
financial sector. In particular, domestic capital markets remain underdeveloped, and the availability …
IMF: International Monetary Fund · 7 November 2024 English
The technical assistance mission aimed to build capacity to enhance financial stability analyses and assessments in the Bank of Jamaica. It reviewed the latest available Financial Stability Report and the …
Technical Assistance Report Monetary and Capital Markets Department Jamaica Systemic Risk Monitoring …
World Bank Group · 7 November 2024 English
This report aims to enhance the understanding of energy sector regulators and policymakers, government agencies, developers, and banks of the status of private sector solutions available to develop large hydropower …
attract developers as they allow access to capital markets, some- times at a lower cost, due to their … YieldCos to finance infrastructure assets through capital markets, including taking equity stakes in operational … YieldCo structures, publicly traded as INVITs in capital markets, are effective for recycling equity, and they …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 6 November 2024 English
This brief sheds light on the $50 billion–$120 billion global plastic pollution financing gap and explores how Asia and the Pacific can boost plastic circularity by incentivizing recycling, de-risking projects, …
finance is also available from funds such as capital markets and institutions. These funds are disbursed …
World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English
Years of conflict have deepened the Yemeni economy’s longstanding reliance on cash. The country’s underdeveloped formal banking and financial infrastructure hinders credit intermediation, and most economic activity is conducted on …
International Monetary Fund. Monetary and Capital Markets Department. Yemen: Central Bank of Yemen-Capacity …
ADB: Asian Development Bank · 6 November 2024 English
This brief shows how the People’s Republic of China (PRC) is scaling up its green finance ecosystem and explains why its banks should improve environmental information disclosure to boost transparency …
advantage in today’s sustainability- sensitive capital markets. • The Bank of Huzhou has demonstrated how … This gives banks, potential investors, the capital markets, and other stakeholders insights into its … can win over ESG-minded investors in the capital markets. The way of the future. These brief case studies—and …
World Bank Group · 6 November 2024 English
This paper develops a tractable general equilibrium model to quantify the aggregate productivity gains from adjusting the public sector premium and the size of the public sector to their optimal …
surplus (see (14) above), and (iv) labor and capital markets clear. 3 Comparative statics In this section …
World Bank Group · 5 November 2024 English
The International Finance Corporation (IFC), a member of the World Bank Group, is the largest global development institution focused on the private sector in emerging markets. Operating in more than …
initiative, part of the World Bank Group Joint Capital Markets Program (JCAP), aims to connect 800,000 low-income … Window. Photos: IFC anchored a landmark local capital markets transaction, helping Côte d’Ivoire increase …
