Morgan Stanley Dean Witter pole-vaulted to the top of the league tables in 1998, suprising many of its rivals in the process. Did they put steroids in their cereal?
Category: 1999
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Riders on the Storm
After a rough 1998, Latin American corporates will be facing an even tougher 1999 as they search through an ever-diminishing list of financing options.
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The Ghost of Inflation Past?
After almost five years of declinging prices, Brazilians are once again bracing themselves for inflation, writes Jennifer L. Rich.
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The Sky’s the Limit
Once a small and obscure Central American airline, family-controlled TACA is now quietly taking off as it pushes through some clever financing deals.
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The Third Tenure
In his third term as president of the IDB, Enrique Iglesias takes LatinFinance’s Man of the Year award after demonstrating his commitment to the region by supporting economic development, government effciency, social progress and private sector activities.
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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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Consolidation in the Cards
Mergers and a new regulatory body many instill some hope for Ecuador’s flagging financial system.
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Deals of the Year 1998
International Bond Underwriter: Morgan Stanley Dean WitterIt was certainly a trophy year for the Latin America debt team at Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, given the fact that the group had […]
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DONE DEALS
PrivatizationThe otherwise uneventful sale in November of São Paulo railway Fepasa was tinged with tension when the eventual winner, a group made up of Brazilian steel giant Vale do Rio […]
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Ground Rules
Recently released Know Your Customer requirements incite debate among private bankers, writes Lisa K. Wing.