Some of these companies have many years experience in foreign markets and other started this year in 2013. For example the two funds belonging to Improsa SAFI have been authorized in Panama since 2009, while others such as Interbolsa, resumed this year the work of internationalization in all countries.

"The goal of the firms, as well as getting more investors, is to increase the liquidity of their shares, ie give more facilities to transactions of these shares ​​in secondary markets", reported Nacion.com.

According to the manager of Vista SAFI, Vladimir Sequeira, the idea of ​​exporting the funds is to get more customers, generate more demand and thereby have greater liquidity. Sequeira said that the investors looking throughout Central America are those who are willing to diversify and direct their resources to the real estate market.

Source: elfinancierocr.com

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