Armenia

As part of its strategy to manage debt, the Government of Armenia has decided to increase the share of internal debt in the overall figure. We spoke with Samvel Khanvelyan, Head of the Public Debt Management Department at the Ministry of Finance of the Republic of Armenia, to gain further insights into this approach.

In a conversation with Irina Chobanyan, Executive Director of the Armenian British Business Chamber, ABBC, Regional Post explores the organization’s current trajectory and future outlook.

Deputy Minister of Finance Vahan Sirunyan details Armenia’s comprehensive budget reforms for 2025, introducing multi-year budgeting mechanisms, enhanced transparency, and expanded participatory budgeting approaches.

Regional Post presents key statistics and insights into Armenia’s banking sector as of September 2024 in partnership with the Union of Banks of Armenia.

We spoke to Martin Galstyan, Governor of the Central Bank of Armenia, to see how 2024 had shaped up for the banking and financial system of the country, and what lies ahead in 2025 and the years to come.

While a conventional approach to investment calculates discounted net values and focuses on a financial return, Armenia is gradually witnessing the rise of impact investing, with enterprises funded for the social and environmental issues they help solve in addition to their commercial results. We spoke to the team at Impact Hub Yerevan regarding the work they are doing in this area through an initiative called VIA Fund.

Armbrok was established thirty years ago as a limited liability company and has now evolved into the leading investment firm in Armenia and an open joint stock company. We sat down with CEO Aram Kayfajyan and Head of Marketing Lilit Harutyunyan to discuss the company’s development and its vision for the future of investment in Armenia.

While it is quite common to talk about the trends expected to come up in one sector or the other, such forecasts are sometimes speculative, with no data to back them up. In contrast, KPMG’s Banking CEO Outlook has talked every year to the leaders of more than a hundred companies, asking them what they consider important in the period to come. We spoke to Zaruhi Furunjyan, the Director and Head of Consulting at KPMG Armenia and Georgia, to see what is of interest in the latest report, and how our region compares to the global trends.