The past 12 months have seen capital markets activity and M&A pick up in Mexico following a crisis-inspired lull.
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Best Bank – Bolivia
Bolivia’s small size has meant its banks suffered few effects of the credit crisis in 2008 and 2009.
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China Latin America Links Proliferate
Cultural barriers remain, but the China-LatAm relationship is starting to blossom. Both sides hope to convert dialogue into more frequent large transactions.
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Best Investment Bank – Colombia
Leveraging deep and long-standing corporate relationships has been a successful strategy throughout the global financial crisis for Bancolombia.
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Best Bank – Trinidad & Tobago
Trinidad & Tobago’s (T&T) Republic Bank has been able to grow its assets despite a weak economy and reduction in its loan portfolio.
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Petrobras Slaps Minority Investors
Petrobras’ record-breaking equity raise underlines risk to minority shareholders in large, strategically important Brazilian industry. It also highlights relative value in the novo mercado.
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Best Bank – Colombia
Banco de Bogotá has spent the last year rolling out a variety of new products and services in Colombia as it pursues a universal bank strategy, while also making moves cross-border.
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Best Bank – Uruguay
Santander has spent the last year and a half digesting its $175 million 2008 acquisition of ABN AMRO, a deal it says has made it the largest private bank in Uruguay, with over 30% of the assets.
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Infrastructure Investment: The Big Shortfall
As LatAm stares down a growing list of infrastructure needs, builders and governments hope private lenders return. The only certainty is multilateral and state lending.
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Best Bank – Chile
Santander Chile says its strength has come from growing selectively and increasing sales without expanding the client base too much, so that it can control risk.