Syndicated lending has become the unlikely star of the Latin American financing show, with ever larger transactions at increasingly tight pricing.
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Bank of New York Latin America Roundtable
LatinFinance spoke recently with the senior managers of Bank of New York’s core products about how finance in Latin America is changing and how Bank of New York’s business and services are changing with it.
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Pooling for Recovery
Esteban Buljevich, a principal counsel at the International Finance Corporation, explains why the IFC wants to develop the secondary market for non-performing loans in developing countries.
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Beating the Odds
Financial institutions and governments in Latin America are teaming up to extend credit for higher education. The next step is securitizations of student loans.
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Purchasing Power
With economic and political stability now widespread in Latin America, leasing looks to be an increasingly viable option for companies financing capital goods purchases.
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Buyer Beware
Five years on from Argentina’s $100 billion default, the immense costs to the rest of the world have finally been totted up. Latin America risks paying much more.
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Second Tier Misses the Party
Blue chip corporates have a broader array of financing options available to them than ever before. But the lower tier is being left behind.
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Capturing the Flow
Banks are missing out on managing the increasingly large flow of cash being sent home to Central America by expatriates. As remittances swell, so do opportunities.
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Slowly but Surely
Regional integration in Central America is gradually taking place. The benefits of critical mass and links to the US are clear, but not everyone is convinced.