Money management professionals gather to discuss Latin America, as the region takes three steps forward, two steps back.
Category: 1999
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A Run for the Money
Reserve currency status for the new euro could have sweeping implications for Latin America’s central banks and the asset managers who invest their reserves.
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US Retail Investors Still Look Overseas
Individual US investors have surpassed institutional investors in the ownership of foreign securities directly or through mutual funds, according to a recent study by Citibank. That’s good news for Latin […]
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A Taxing Situation
A recent plan to revive Ecuador’s sluggish economy leaves more than a few observers skeptical.
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What’s Old is New Again
In the scramble to devise lasting solutions for Brazil’s fiscal troubles, Berkeley professor Barry Eichengreen, IDB chief economist Ricardo Hausmann and Jurgen von Hagen of Indiana University have recently reached […]
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Choosing the Right Domicile
Leonard B. Mackey, Jr. and Bradford L. Caswell of Rogers & Wells explain the ins and outs of setting up an offshore fund.
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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.
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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 […]