Company Profile
Shareholders
The sole shareholder of Banco La Hipotecaria, S.A. and Subsidiaries is La Hipotecaria, (Holding) Inc., a holding company domiciled in the British Virgin Islands.
The majority shareholder of La Hipotecaria (Holding) Inc. is Grupo ASSA, S.A., which possesses 69% of the company’s common shares. Grupo ASSA is a publicly-traded company on the Panamanian Securities Exchange whose shareholder equity exceeds US$1.09 billion and is owner of one of the region’s most important insurance companies, ASSA Compañía de Seguros, a company rated “A” (Excellent) by the prestigious international insurance rating agency A.M. Best. (www.assanet.com).
The International Finance Corporation (IFC) is a minority shareholder in La Hipotecaria (Holding), Inc., possessing 13% of the company’s common shares. The IFC is one of the world’s primer multilateral institutions and member of the World Bank Group. (www.ifc.org).
The company’s remaining common shares are held by non-institutional investors involved directly or indirectly in the operations of La Hipotecaria.