Latin America will continue to bolster Spain’s Banco Santander, as it has already for over two decades, says its chairman Emilio Botín
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Nicholas Brady: Ties that bind
A cooling over the years in relations between Latin America and Washington is not only regrettable, but misguided, says Nicholas Brady, a former US Treasury Secretary. Developments in the global economy could reverse that dynamic
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Structured finance deal of the quarter century: AA2000
$300m securitized amortizing bond, 2010 Future flow receivable securitizations have been useful – in some cases crucial – for Latin companies to overcome tricky operating environments to raise cash for […]
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Enrique Peña Nieto: The reform imperative
Mexico has an historic opportunity to push through reforms that will make it more productive and prosperous, says its president
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Ricardo Lagos: The wealth problem
Latin America faces a problem it has never before experienced: how to meet the demands of a rapidly emerging middle class. Part of the solution, says Chile’s former president Ricardo Lagos, lies in tax reform
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THE EVOLUTION OF THE MARKETS 1988-2013
Latin America has been accessing bond markets for close to 200 years. But major advances in the capital markets have only taken place since the troubled 1980s, following a wave […]
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Bank Finance: Rules of the Game
Regulatory and economic uncertainty has forced Latin banks to innovate to raise funding and capital. Yet despite today’s expanding balance sheets, simplicity still reigns over most market activity. By Katie Llanos-Small
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Fernando Henrique Cardoso: A crisis foretold
Former president Fernando Henrique Cardoso reflects on what needs to be done to return Brazil to a path of sustainable growth – the foundations
of which he helped set
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Roberto Setúbal: No false moves
Latin America’s banking system has been defined by a conservatism born of bitter experience, says Roberto Setúbal, chief executive of Brazil’s biggest
private sector bank
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Sovereign debt: Fork in the road
Latin America’s economies are on increasingly divergent
paths. Bond investors must now make tough choices between the likely winners and losers. By Mariana Santibáñez