Highlighting the growing strength of Colombian banks, oil pipeline Bicentenario was funded purely by local lenders, in an impressive marker for the country’s financial progress
Category: 2013 September / October
Investor Report: Andean Region
The sudden departure of benign global conditions this year took Latin America’s rising star economies by surprise. Chile, Colombia and Peru must now work out how to deal with the consequences. Investors […]
Front notes: Bracing for the turn
Markets breathed a sigh of relief in September when the US Federal Reserve chose to delay winding down its $85 billion per month bond buying program. Nowhere relished the news […]
Best Mining Financing
Sponsor Largo Resources employed a novel structure when it financed construction of a production facility for a mineral which is equally unusual in Latin America
Andean economics: Beyond the boom
Andean governments are stepping up efforts co counter an economic slowdown in their once booming economies. Most expect the decline to be short-lived
Equity news: Going strong
A busy pipeline of Brazilian IPOs and follow-ons is setting 2013 up to be one of the better years for Latins in the equity capital markets
Best Social Infrastructure Financing
With bonds backed by government health contracts, a Mexican hospital financing opens the way for further deals
Colombia’s banks: Foreign affairs
Colombia’s largest financial institutions are on an acquisition spree in Central America. With tough regulations at home, the diversification is welcome
M&A News: Cola wars
Latin America’s Coca-Cola bottlers tussle over the Brazilian market while elsewhere telecom acquisitions heat up
Best Infrastructure Bank
The global investment bank has had a prominent position on numerous leading infrastructure financings, incorporating bonds and loans, as well as local currencies and dollars
