Latest News

Infonavit Reheats Mexican RMBS

Government mortgage lender Infonavit has placed ...

Homebuilder Constructs Follow-On Equity

Even Construtora, a Sao Paulo-based homebuilder, ...

AMX Opens Up Swiss Investor Base

America Movil, LatAm’s biggest wireless-phone carrier, ...

Mexican Group Plugs in MXP Issue

Mexican financial group Grupo Elektra plans ...

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Deal Pipeline

Bonds

Expected cross-border and domestic bond issues, including details of recently closed transactions

Equity

Expected primary and secondary equity issues, including details of recently closed transactions

Loans

Expected loan syndications, including details of recently closed transactions

League Tables

Debt

The leading underwriters of debt transactions for LatAm and Caribbean entities, including local currency issuance

Equity

The leading underwriters of equity transactions for LatAm and Caribbean entities in all markets

M&A

The leading M&A advisors, where the acquirer, target or divestor is LatAm or Caribbean-based

Fees

The leading financial institutions ranked by investment bank fees from M&A, ECM and DCM in LatAm and the Caribbean

Markets

Debt	view all
COMMENT: Where’s the Upside?

DEBT: Investors Take Stock

STRUCTURED FINANCE: Seeking a New Platform

Political Risk: Latin American Markets Brace
Equity	view all
EQUITY: Lowering the Bar

Santander Brazil Interview: Backing a Challenger

Brazil Equity: Rally Hits Headwinds

Mexican Issuance: Staging a Comeback
Structured Finance	view all
STRUCTURED FINANCE: Seeking a New Platform

Brazil Structured Finance: Slow and Steady Progress

Structured Finance: Pre-Exports Stoke Loans

BEST STRUCTURED FINANCING
M&A	view all
M&A: Starting Out Strong

Loan Market: Brazilian Lenders Step Up

M&A: Vivendi Bags GVT

DEALS OF THE YEAR RESULTS
Brazil	view all
COMMENT: Where’s the Upside?

PEOPLE: BNP Makes LatAm Push

EQUITY: Lowering the Bar

STRUCTURED FINANCE: Seeking a New Platform
Mexico	view all
PEOPLE: BNP Makes LatAm Push

DEBT: Investors Take Stock

Political Risk: Latin American Markets Brace

MAN OF THE YEAR: Leading Mexico's Global Champion

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Calendar of Events

Cancún, Mexico, March 23, 2010
IDB Breakfast Meeting 2010
LatinFinance, among the region's leading banks, policy makers and companies gather during ...  more

Fairmont Bab Al Bahr, Abu Dhabi, UAE, April 26, 2010
The 2nd Latin America Mid-East Investors Forum (LA-MEIF)
Investable assets in the GCC are projected to reach $3.4 trillion ...  more

Ritz Carlton Coconut Grove, Miami, Florida, May 20, 2010
SiLAS: Structured Finance in Latin America
The securitization and structured finance market in Latin America has shown remarkable ...  more

Radisson Hotel - Portman Square, London, England, June 02, 2010
The Latin America Europe Investors Forum (LA-EIF)
European countries and companies have long invested in and traded with Latin ...  more

Renaissance Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil , June 08, 2010
4th Brazilian Structured Finance Seminar
The 4th Brazilian Structured Finance Seminar will educate corporate issuers, investors, government ...  more

Lima, Peru, July 01, 2010
4th Andean Investment Forum
The Andean Investment Forum is the only high-level, invitation-only summit explicitly designed ...  more

Beijing, China, September 15, 2010
The 2nd Latin America China Investors Forum (LA-CIF)
Recent multi-billion dollar investments in Latin American institutions such as Petrobras, América ...  more

In Depth

Political Risk: Latin American Markets Brace

Investors are troubled much less by the politics of Latin America than they fret over governance i...

Santander Brazil Interview: Backing a Challenger

After a 14 billion real IPO, Santander Brazil is flexing its muscles to take on Bradesco and Itaú Un...

MAN OF THE YEAR: Leading Mexico's Global Champion

Brazilian CEOs get all the attention but a quiet Mexican manager obsessive about quality has created...

Vale CFO Interview: Planting Fresh Brazil Seeds

Vale’s push into fertilizers gives it a new domestic line of business with promising long term growt...

COMMENT: Where’s the Upside?

Investors who are new to Brazil may be excused for thinking it is a one-way bull run, especially aft...