Peru Facing Stock Exchange Downgrade, Turns To Market Makers For Help

As Peru seeks to be considered an international player on the world stage, coming off hosting the IMF World Meetings this past October, its stock market could be falling short.

Peru's stock market faces financial downgrade if liquidity doesn't improve

The Bolsa de Valores de Lima, the nation’s mining dominated stock exchange, could be downgraded by index provider MSCI Inc., who could designate the exchange to its higher-risk “frontier” grouping, a Reuters report noted.

If Peru’s main stock exchange were to be moved from the emerging market category to the lower tier “frontier” grouping, due to lowered...