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Author Archives: LatinFinance
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Time for Optimism
How does the rest of the world see Latin America? Outsiders are generally more negative about the future than we are, especially observers in the US. Their reasoning is simple: […]
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Flashback
Five Years Ago“The Search for the Perfect Gift Horse”It was only five years ago that the private equity market was booming as never before -or since. LatinFinance reported on the […]
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Flashback
The first issue of LatinFinance appeared in October 1988 and we are using our 15th anniversary as an excuse to revisit some of the more significant events in the markets over the last 15 years. For better or for worse, the markets and economies of Latin America have been through a lot over the years. This is how LatinFinance reported the news and events at the time.
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Sovereign Report
Uruguay Gets a Reprieve In May, Uruguay announced that 90% of bondholders had participated in its $5.3 billion bond swap, agreeing to exchange existing bonds for new ones with extended maturities. Citigroup acted as […]
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Sovereign Report
Mexican Bradys, Endangered Species Mexican Bradys are on their way out, after the finance ministry decided to call $3.8 billion-worth of outstanding dollar-denominated A and B series Brady bonds. Once the […]
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People
Enter QuirogaOn August 7, an unpretentious 41-year-old engineer wearing Bolivia’s red, yellow and green presidential sash, stood in the Casa de la Libertad in Bolivia’s capital city and took over […]
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The Shock of the New
The Internet is threatening to sweep away established market structures. It promises to change forever the way companies raise capital, the way investment banks work and how capital markets operate.
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Archive: Wooing Wall Street
Investors view Venezuela’s President Hugo Chavez with less skepticism now that he has toned down his populist rhetoric. But a viable economic plan is needed before he can start wooing Wall Street
February 1999
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In their own words. (Martin Schubert)
Martin Schubert, Eurinam Ask market veterans who really started the secondary market in LDC debt, and many will likely point to Martin Schubert, chairman of the […]