Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development

Capital markets in Serbia are shallow and relatively underdeveloped. The only market segment that functions comparatively well is the government bond market. The contribution of capital markets to financing the economy is limited. The private secto...

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Main Author: World Bank Group
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Language:English
Published: World Bank, Washington, DC 2019
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Online Access:http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/475341562570095897/Serbia-Capital-Market-Development-Technical-Note
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spelling okr-10986-320432021-05-25T09:25:50Z Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development World Bank Group MACROECONOMIC POLICY SUPPLY SIDE MARKET SEGMENTS MONEY MARKETS SECURITIES MARKET BOND MARKET EQUITY MARKET DERIVATIVES MARKET REGULATORY FRAMEWORK CAPITAL MARKETS Capital markets in Serbia are shallow and relatively underdeveloped. The only market segment that functions comparatively well is the government bond market. The contribution of capital markets to financing the economy is limited. The private sector is not making use of non-government bond markets for its financing needs, given easy access to affordable bank loans in Serbia’s bank-dominated financial system. Until recently there was no IPO activity since 1940, symptomatic of Serbia’s shallow public and private equity markets. This Technical Note was prepared by Zsolt Bango (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank), Sonia Marie Cattarinussi Iacovella (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank) and Eddy Rodriguez (World Bank Consultant) in the context of the Serbian Capital Market Assessment mission in Belgrade during June 2018 led by Zsolt Bango. The primary objective of the mission was to conduct a diagnostic of the Serbian capital market, with a view to make recommendations for capital market development. The note contains technical analysis and detailed information underpinning the assessment’s findings and recommendations. The report was written under the guidance of Gunhild Berg (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank) and Johanna Jaeger (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank) and the team received excellent support from Tanya Konidaris (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank). 2019-07-10T16:15:34Z 2019-07-10T16:15:34Z 2019-02 Report http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/475341562570095897/Serbia-Capital-Market-Development-Technical-Note http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32043 English CC BY 3.0 IGO http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/igo World Bank World Bank, Washington, DC Economic & Sector Work :: Other Financial Sector Study Economic & Sector Work Europe and Central Asia Serbia
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topic MACROECONOMIC POLICY
SUPPLY SIDE
MARKET SEGMENTS
MONEY MARKETS
SECURITIES MARKET
BOND MARKET
EQUITY MARKET
DERIVATIVES MARKET
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
CAPITAL MARKETS
spellingShingle MACROECONOMIC POLICY
SUPPLY SIDE
MARKET SEGMENTS
MONEY MARKETS
SECURITIES MARKET
BOND MARKET
EQUITY MARKET
DERIVATIVES MARKET
REGULATORY FRAMEWORK
CAPITAL MARKETS
World Bank Group
Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development
geographic_facet Europe and Central Asia
Serbia
description Capital markets in Serbia are shallow and relatively underdeveloped. The only market segment that functions comparatively well is the government bond market. The contribution of capital markets to financing the economy is limited. The private sector is not making use of non-government bond markets for its financing needs, given easy access to affordable bank loans in Serbia’s bank-dominated financial system. Until recently there was no IPO activity since 1940, symptomatic of Serbia’s shallow public and private equity markets. This Technical Note was prepared by Zsolt Bango (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank), Sonia Marie Cattarinussi Iacovella (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank) and Eddy Rodriguez (World Bank Consultant) in the context of the Serbian Capital Market Assessment mission in Belgrade during June 2018 led by Zsolt Bango. The primary objective of the mission was to conduct a diagnostic of the Serbian capital market, with a view to make recommendations for capital market development. The note contains technical analysis and detailed information underpinning the assessment’s findings and recommendations. The report was written under the guidance of Gunhild Berg (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank) and Johanna Jaeger (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank) and the team received excellent support from Tanya Konidaris (Senior Financial Sector Specialist, World Bank).
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title Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development
title_short Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development
title_full Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development
title_fullStr Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development
title_full_unstemmed Republic of Serbia Capital Market Development
title_sort republic of serbia capital market development
publisher World Bank, Washington, DC
publishDate 2019
url http://documents.worldbank.org/curated/en/475341562570095897/Serbia-Capital-Market-Development-Technical-Note
http://hdl.handle.net/10986/32043
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