Latin debt issuers and their bankers are looking for a definitive resolution to Argentina’s financial straits. but they are still continuing to put bonds into the market at a healthy pace.
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Alive and Innovating
Latin lending has held up well, in spite of turbulence in Argentina and uncertainty over the direction of the US economy. The market is becoming more sophisticated, creating room for innovative deals.
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How Not to Help Argentina
Domingo Cavallo, Argentina’s embattled economy minister, has a phrase for the market turbulence that engulfed the country in April: “financial hysteria.” He first used the phrase last November, months before […]
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Sovereign Report
Argentina’s Roller Coaster Ride The outlook for Argentina continued its stormy course in April, going from gloomy to optimistic in a matter of days after the country announced a planned […]
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FrontNotes
Argentina is leading the Latin American news again these days. Domingo Cavallo is back in the role of economy minister, this time armed with special congressional powers to dig the […]
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Sovereign Report
Argentina on the Rebound On March 29, Argentina?s Congress approved a package of emergency measures known as the Competitiveness Law, granting the government special powers to cope with the country?s […]
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The LatinFinance Investment Management Review
Conservative, cautious and bearish were the most common buzzwords used by Latin American portfolio managers to describe the investment environment last year. The deepening fiscal crisis in Argentina and the […]
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Banking on the Greenback
Central American countries are scrapping their currencies and adopting the dollar instead to buttress economic reforms and strengthen their financial systems. However, as Argentina’s troubles have shown, this is a high-risk strategy.
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Business & Banking
Argentina?s Financial Woes Run Deep As if Argentina?s economic health was not bad enough, its financial system is enmeshed in an international money laundering scandal. The US Senate?s Permanent Subcommittee […]
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A Reversal of Fortunes
Investor attitudes toward Latin American sovereign bonds have done an about face as Argentina stabilizes its
finances and US interest rates fall. As a result, piles of cash have poured into Latin government bonds