Since output stalled in 2011, Brazil became the economy that emerging market investors loved to hate. Dismal growth, erratic policymaking and dire stock market performance have been the most widespread […]
Category: 2013 September / October
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Best Infrastructure Financing, Brazil
A toll road deal advanced Brazilian project funding when it sold the first large, widely-marketed infrastructure debenture to international accounts
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Brazil infrastructure: The way ahead
Investors remain skeptical that Brazil’s concession program for financing much-needed infrastructure projects will succeed where past attempts have failed
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Best Infrastructure Financing, Andean Region
Local bond investors and banks put forward strong support for Peru’s largest project bond, funding a toll road through Lima
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Brazil capital markets: Points of view
Brazil will need to rebalance more than just its stock index to improve the lot of its companies. Yet relative to other countries, its markets might now be set for a second chance
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Best Power Financing
Bond investors proved better placed to pick up construction risk for a Mexican power plant than bank lenders, opening the way for more infrastructure debt sales
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Brazil Stars Index: Taking stock
Quantifying the softer aspects of a business is never easy — but when done right, it can be highly rewarding. The performance of the M&E LatinFinance Brazil Stars Index bears […]
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Best Renewable Energy Financing
Financing two wind farm projects in southern Mexico was hard work, but the deal stands out for attracting bond investors to a new type of risk
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Investment banking compensation: Global divide
As regulation on bonuses at investment banks in Europe advances, the effects are being felt in Brazil, albeit slowly
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Fundamentals shield Mexico: Carstens
Mexico is well positioned to withstand volatility, central bank governor Agustín Carstens says