Octavio Calvo Deutsche Bank Reshuffles Latin Operations John Ross, chief executive officer of the Americas for the Deutsche Bank Group, has taken over full responsibility for Latin America following the […]
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Brazil is once again firmly established as one of the world?s favorite markets, both for bond investors who snap up its paper and for industrial companies that continue to pour […]
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Regulating the Banks
Panama’s Superintendency of Banks is helping the country’s banking system adopt and follow an internationally accepted regulatory framework.
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Safakeeping Panama’s Private Kitty
Panama has accumulated more than a billion dollars in a
social investment trust, funded by the sales of state-owned industries and former US holdings in the Canal Zone.
The government is taking pains to ensure the money goes where it is supposed to go.
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A Bad Case of Indigestion
Foreign banks have not had an easy time digesting their Brazilian acquisitions. The record-shattering price Spain’s BSCH paid for Banespa will make its integration the most challenging regional purchase yet.
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Sovereign Report
Brazil Rides S&P Upgrade and US Rate CutBrazil swooped into the markets in the first week of the new year with a remarkably well-timed $1.5 billion, five-year issue managed by […]
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A Deal, But No Direction
Multilateral creditors recently gave Argentina a $39.7 billion aid package to keep the country afloat. The deal?s terms are sweet and the country still has believers, but President Fernando de la Rúa has all but lost support.
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Staving Off Obsolescence
Panama’s geography has always been its best asset. Will its strategic location drive prosperity in the new millennium as Panama aims at becoming the Americas’ premier trade zone?
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A Renewed Yen For Latin Bonds
After going up in smoke during Asia’s financial crisis, the Samurai market has sprung to life, offering a valuable fund-raising alternative to Latin sovereign borrowers.
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Unshackling Minority Investors
Chile’s new corporate governance law offers a regional blueprint for protecting minority shareholder rights. But a controversial provision gives companies three years to avoid the law?s real teeth.