Corporate bond issuance hits record levels as investors bet a more market-friendly policy environment will sustain Chile’s financial rebound.
Author Archives: Tom Azzopardi
Posted in2026 Q1
LAC-GCC: A Capital Agenda
Flush with capital and with a mandate to diversify, Gulf sovereign and private investment is moving beyond traditional markets and into Latin America and the Caribbean. From energy and infrastructure to food security and consumer sectors, the region is emerging as a strategic testing ground for a new phase of Gulf global investment.
Posted inMagazine
Chile’s Next Test: Growth Without Unrest
Chile’s incoming conservative president faces the challenge of reviving a lackluster economy while keeping the peace with an expectant electorate.
Posted inNew Magazine
China-LatAm: Moment of Truth
Seventy kilometers north of Lima, the gleaming new Port of Chancay is being put through its paces. This is South America’s first fully automated and intelligent port facility, and it […]
Posted inMagazine
China-LatAm: Moment of Truth
Seventy kilometers north of Lima, the gleaming new Port of Chancay is being put through its paces. This is South America’s first fully automated and intelligent port facility, and it […]
Posted inMagazine
Sustainable Finance: A Change in Climate
If you haven’t noticed, things have changed. Since returning to office on January 20, President Donald Trump has upended US and global politics by halting US military support for Ukraine, […]
Posted inMagazine
Chile Pension Reform: Risky business
The biggest reform of Chile’s pension fund system in 40 years has shored up the position of private administrators, but the boom times may be over for these big institutional […]
Posted inMagazine
Energy Transition: The New Battleground
As he prepares to return to the White House on January 20, President-elect Donald Trump is already shaking up trade in Latin America with a radical agenda that risks stalling […]
Posted in2024 Q4
US Election Special: The Big Swing
As Latin Americans view an increasingly uncertain world of climate change, high inflation, rising protectionism and wars in Europe and the Middle East, one question hangs over them all: Harris […]
Posted in2024 Q3
Bolivia: A Default Foretold
Once lauded as an economic miracle, South America’s poorest economy has been steadily falling deeper into a financial crisis. While it avoided a coup in June, the country is running out of time and options to avert default.