Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity

Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity discusses the potential Capital Market Products/Activities which can create closer inter-linkage of the South Asian capital markets and help local/global investors benefit from this economic opportunity.

While some ideas may be implementable now; others have future promise as the regional markets further mature. The book demonstrates both retail and institutional investor interest in this combined high-growth region by offering scope for yield, diversification and risk mitigation, maximized upside from multiple growth markets, minimized downside through low-correlation constituents, and more.

The book's core theme addresses the challenges towards deepening the awareness and acceptability of regional economies. Only when this happens will the asset flows increase into the regional market products, providing scale-up that will aid viability for these products.

Presents unconventional ideas for converting SAARC’s unique opportunities into ideas for capital markets Includes socioeconomic issues as a part of the discussionOffers a unique perspective on how the region’s economic opportunities can be translated into actual productsIncludes numerous charts and figures on South Asia’s economic state, its financial opportunities, and projected growth

Chapter 1. Introduction

Chapter 2. Where SAARC Is Now: Products, Corporates, and Correlation

Chapter 3. Where SAARC Can Reach: Showcasing its Main USP

Chapter 4. General Precursors for Regional Financial Integration

Chapter 5. Observations Specific to SAARC: Precursors to Consider

Chapter 6. Potential Products and Activities

Chapter 7. Recent Examples of Integration—ASEAN, MILA, Hong Kong–China, Singapore–China, and East Africa

Chapter 8. Initial Role for Stakeholders: Regulations, Awareness, and Engineering

Chapter 9. Conclusion