Category: 2013 November / December
Bank of the Year, Colombia: Banco de Bogotá
Colombian banks are competing aggressively at home and abroad. Banco de Bogotá’s numbers show a conservative
Investment Bank of the Year, Mexico: BBVA Bancomer
BBVA Bancomer is playing a prominent part in Mexico’s booming primary capital markets
Equity market news: Cream of the crop
A well-bid IPO by Mexican dairy producer Grupo Lalabcould spur other consumer-focused companies to raise capital in the equity market. But Brazilian firms are having less luck
Bank of the Year, Venezuela: Banco Banesco
Banesco has extended its international reach with operations in Colombia and Spain
Investment Bank of the Year, Colombia: Bancolombia
Already a league table leader, Bancolombia plans to extend its investment banking capacities
M&A news: Long-distance calls
A new, Brazil-based communications giant is in the making as Oi and Portugal Telecom consolidate their alliance
Bank of the Year, Chile: Banco Corpbanca
Ratings agencies may have frowned on Corpbanca’s Colombian acquisitions, but with a strong financial set-up, the bank is confident it has a formula for success, its chief executive says
Investment Bank of the Year, Chile: BTG Pactual Chile
With its cross-LatAm credentials firmly in place, the firm formerly known as Celfin is keen to grow its investment banking reach
Colombia’s investment case: Mauricio Cárdenas
If Colombia is to avoid slower growth it must boost domestic investment to offset a weakening external environment, says its finance minister Mauricio Cárdenas