Prensalibre.com reports that Rolando San Román, general manager of the National Stock Exchange (BVN by its initials in Spanish), states that "this type of leverage offers better interest rates for companies than is provided by the banking system."

Transactions made through the National Stock Exchange (BVN) show that 20 companies use this system and 32 emissions of securities were recorded.

Karen Gándara, manager of the brokerage firm Mercado de Transacciones, of Grupo Financiero BI, explained that emissions are debt securities that are the most traded due to the fact that the stock market is still developing.

She added that one of the big advantages is that companies can diversify their funding sources and not have them concentrated in a single bank.

Source: prensalibre.com

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