BNDES president says ‘betting against Brazil’ is bad idea
Investors stand to lose money if they “speculate” with Brazilian assets, Aloizio Mercadante tells LatinFinance, following a slump in the equity and FX markets
Debt
ESSA bags multilateral loan
Colombian electricity provider inks a long-term deal with CAF to finance investments
Equity
YPF Luz keeps tabs on IPO market
Argentine power firm will also tap the local bond market for refinancing and may sell global notes to fund big…
M&A
YPF sells Metrogas to Edenor
Deal will enable the Argentine energy firm to step up its upstream investments and allow Edenor to expand its utility…
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