After a tough start to the year, Latin American banks are slowly shedding the conservative strategies that kept them afloat during the global tightening cycle. With several economies back in […]
Author Archives: Rodrigo Amaral
Posted inDaily Brief
IDB Invest targets threefold increase in deals – CEO
Volume of deals is expected to soar once shareholders approve capital increase, James Scriven tells LatinFinance
Posted inDaily Brief
BTG chief says faster Brazil cutting cycle off the cards
Market is no longer signaling an acceleration in pace of rate cuts, CEO says
Posted inDaily Brief
LatAm needs global capital for energy transition – panelists
Region will need to be able to attract ever larger volumes of capital to finance energy transition, according to speakers at LatinFinance event
Posted inDaily Brief
Banks hungry for Brazil project risk – panelists
One of the drivers of the trend is a shift in policy by Brazilian federal development bank BNDES, according to speakers at LatinFinance event
Posted in2023 Q4
Infrastructure Finance: Creative Construction
While private investment is still flowing into infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, developers and financiers will have to keep innovating to get deals done. Mendubim is a Brazilian […]
Posted inMagazine
BRAZIL TURNS TO DEBENTURES
Lower interest rates, better terms and wider distribution explain the growing popularity of debentures among corporate issuers and investors alike. “We are growing fast, and we are frequently accessing capital […]
Posted in2020 Q3, Magazine
COUNTRY REPORTS: MONETIZING SEWAGE COULD HELP BRAZIL COME CLEAN
Four years after the ignominy of holding Olympic events in the polluted waters of Guanabara Bay, Brazil still struggles with a lack of infrastructure to bring clean water and sewage treatment to […]
Posted in2020 Q1
SPECIAL REPORT-GREEN FINANCING: GREEN FINANCING’S DIVERSE EARLY ADOPTERS
As the green and social bond markets evolve, the range of issuers expands along with the scope of investors and projects Editor’s note: We set out to cover green finance […]
Posted in2020 Q1
SPECIAL REPORT: GREEN FINANCING: CHINESE FINANCING FOR ENVIRONMENTAL TRANSITION
Recognized as the biggest greenhouse gas producer in the world, China’s domestic bond market is a major global player in pushing into burgeoning green finance. Editor’s note: We set out […]