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ANIF — Centro de Estudios Económicos de Colombia is a Colombian non-profit economic research center (ESAL — Entidad Sin Ánimo de Lucro) headquartered in Bogotá at Calle 70ª No 7-86. The organization is governed by a Consejo Directivo of member financial institutions and operates as a think tank focused on macroeconomic analysis, sectoral research, and policy studies for the Colombian economy. Its core product surface is a portfolio of recurring publications rather than a software platform: a daily Comentario Económico, a weekly Informe Semanal, a quarterly Panorama ANIF outlook, a quarterly Informe Trimestral de Mercado Laboral, sectoral reports (RASEC for construction, Boletín de Comercio Exterior), financial publications (Carta Financiera, Coyuntura Pyme), and proprietary surveys including the Gran Encuesta Pyme Nacional/Regional/Microempresas series and the Encuesta ANIF on Banco de la República intervention rates. Underlying technology is a content-distribution stack comprising a WordPress-based website with subscription gating, a real-time Indicadores Económicos dashboard aggregating TRM, DTF, IBR, inflation, unemployment and stock indices, and a thematic Biblioteca Virtual organizing historical research; the technology stack itself is not disclosed and ANIF is explicitly characterized in the data as a non-technology organization.

The business model is a membership-plus-subscription hybrid typical of association-based research institutions. Financial institutions (banks, financial entities, investment firms) constitute the primary customer segment and source of governance and dues revenue, with secondary demand from government entities, the corporate sector, and the academic and research community. Distribution is primarily direct enterprise subscriptions through the website, with a freemium layer exposing selected indicators and commentaries to the public. Additional revenue-adjacent channels include the Seminarios ANIF event series, the ANIF Participa presentations program, sponsored award programs (Premio Nacional al Periodismo Económico, Premio a la Excelencia de la Micro y Pequeña Empresa ANIF–Banco Caja Social, Premio al Compromiso Ambiental, Premio a la Investigación en Políticas Públicas LCSA), and earned media coverage through outlets such as La República. The organization maintains active profiles on X, LinkedIn, Facebook, YouTube, Instagram, and TikTok. No revenue, headcount, funding rounds, M&A activity, or leadership disclosures are present in the available data.

Name

anif...

Legal name

ANIF - Centro de Estudios Económicos de Colombia

Website

https://anif.com.co

Company type

Private

Founded year

1974

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

ANIF is a Colombian non-profit economic research think tank headquartered in Bogotá that publishes macroeconomic analysis, sectoral reports, and proprietary SME surveys for member financial institutions and other subscribers across Colombia.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Economic Research and Analysis

NAICS

Periodical Publishers (513120), Marketing Research and Public Opinion Polling (54191)

SIC

Services-Engineering, Accounting, Research, Management (8700)

akta.pro primary industry

Economic & Macroeconomic Research (BPAHALAD)

akta.pro secondary industries

Macro & Rates Research (FSACAGAC), Industry & Sector Research (Syndicated/Custom) (BPAHALAE), Economic Research, Statistics & Policy Advisory (BPADAMAJ)

Keywords

• Economic research services
• Macroeconomic analysis
• Financial sector publications
• Economic indicators dashboard
• Policy research colombia

Headquarters

HQ city

Bogotá

HQ country

Colombia

HQ region

Latin America

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2B

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Marketing or Sales, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels2 records

Marketing channels5 records

Core offering

ANIF conducts economic research on Colombia and publishes macroeconomic and sectoral analysis through subscription-based publications, including daily commentaries, weekly reports, quarterly outlooks, sectoral bulletins, and recurring SME surveys. Its offering is anchored by a real-time economic indicators dashboard and a virtual research library, distributed primarily to member financial institutions and other subscribers in Colombia.

Product overview

ANIF (Asociación Nacional de Instituciones Financieras) is a Colombian economic research center (Centro de Estudios Económicos) that operates as a unified platform of research publications and economic data services rather than a modular software product. The portfolio consists of multiple publication products including daily commentaries (Comentario Económico), weekly reports (Informe Semanal), quarterly publications (Panorama ANIF, Informe Trimestral de Mercado Laboral), sectoral reports (RASEC, Boletín de Comercio Exterior), financial publications (Carta Financiera, Coyuntura Pyme), and specialized surveys (Gran Encuesta Pyme Nacional). These publications share the common purpose of macroeconomic research and analysis, distributed through a subscription-based model. ANIF also provides a real-time economic indicators dashboard (Indicadores Económicos) tracking TRM, DTF, IBR, inflation, unemployment, and stock indices, and maintains a virtual library (Biblioteca Virtual) for thematic research access.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Recent moves5 records

Expansion highlights5 records

Direct peers

• Fedesarrollo: Fedesarrollo is a Colombian economic research think tank producing macroeconomic analysis, sectoral studies, and policy research — the closest direct peer to ANIF in terms of mission, product mix, and customer base within Colombia.

Broad incumbents

• BBVA Research: BBVA Research is the in-house economic research unit of a global bank, producing macro and country-level analysis including Colombia. It is a broad incumbent competitor serving similar institutional clients but as part of a much wider portfolio of products.
• Capital Economics: Capital Economics is an independent global macro research firm selling subscription economics research to institutional clients. It is comparable to ANIF in the subscription-driven macroeconomic research business model but operates globally rather than focusing on a single country.
• Oxford Economics: Oxford Economics is a global forecasting and quantitative research firm producing country-level economic analysis including Colombia. Comparable to ANIF in macroeconomic subscription research, but operating at global scale rather than Colombia-only.

Regional players

• Instituto Peruano de Economía (IPE): IPE is a Peruvian non-partisan economic research institute producing macroeconomic analysis, sectoral reports, and policy recommendations — comparable to ANIF in structure, mission, and subscription publication model, but serving Peru rather than Colombia.
• Centro de Estudios Públicos (CEP): CEP is a Chilean academic think tank publishing economic and policy research. It is comparable to ANIF as a Latin American subscription-based research center producing periodicals and policy analysis, though serving Chile rather than Colombia.
• Credicorp Capital Research: Credicorp Capital is a Latin American financial group whose research division publishes country-level economic and strategy analysis covering Colombia and the Andean region. It is comparable to ANIF in serving institutional investors with country-specific macroeconomic content, but operates regionally.
• Banco de México (Banxico) research and surveys: Banxico publishes macroeconomic analysis and analyst surveys (e.g., on policy rate expectations) comparable to ANIF's Encuesta ANIF. It serves Mexican institutional clients and researchers with country-level economic content analogous to what ANIF provides in Colombia.

Others

• Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) Research: IDB Research publishes macroeconomic and sectoral research on Latin America, including Colombia. It is comparable as an institutional source of authoritative regional economic analysis, though as a multilateral rather than subscription research firm.
• ANIF-related: Banco de la República de Colombia (research): Colombia's central bank publishes authoritative macroeconomic research, surveys, and policy analysis through its own channels. It is an institutional source of overlapping content with ANIF, though as a public monetary authority rather than a subscription research entity.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks6 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• Xx.com/ANIFCO
• YouTubeyoutube.com/channel/UCt0W16plx_oQgFne3mMRq5A
• Facebookm.facebook.com/AnifOficial/?locale2=es_LA
• LinkedInco.linkedin.com/company/asociaci%C3%B3n-nacional-de-instituciones-financieras
• Instagraminstagram.com/anifco_
• TikToktiktok.com/@anifco_

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Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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