The Dominican Republic Superintendence of the Securities Market published an update on capital markets financing for tourism, reporting that closed-end investment funds have allocated 23% of a portfolio of more than USD 5.35 billion to tourism projects. The figures were highlighted by Superintendent Ernesto Bournigal in the context of the Dominican Republic’s participation in the FITUR tourism fair in Madrid. Closed-end funds have financed 32 tourism projects across 10 provinces, with a focus on La Altagracia, Pedernales and El Seibo, and the update cites projects including St. Regis Cap Cana, the Yanuna Macao development and Hotel Dreams Dominicus. The release links this market-based financing to more than 12,000 direct and indirect jobs, notes financing for road infrastructure through the public-offering trust RD Vial, and reports that public-offering securities mobilised a record USD 195 billion in 2025. It also outlines issuance volumes for investment funds and pension-fund-eligible funds in both DOP and USD, states that tourism represents 34% of pension fund investments channelled via the securities market, and reports that the energy sector accounts for 34% of closed-end funds’ net assets with more than USD 1.8 billion deployed. Separately, the update cites more than USD 1,036 million placed in green and sustainable instruments, including a USD 750 million sovereign green bond issued in 2024, and notes the launch of the Ventanilla Exprés service to speed up public offering registration processes. Looking ahead, the Superintendence points to further alignment with a Green Taxonomy through a new agreement with the International Finance Corporation and the planned publication of an interoperability study with the European Union taxonomy.

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