Category: 2014 May / June

The region’s sleeping consumer stirs

Asset-backed opportunities

The Latin American consumer story is changing dramatically.
The days when the sector was a mainstay of growth — and investment banking deal flow — may be gone forever. By Dominic O’Neill

Investors are returning to Latin American credit after an emerging markets sell-off made returns more attractive. But their investment choices are as surprising as not. By Eduardo García

As the global recovery takes hold, institutional investors in Latin America are looking at new ways of diversifying their assets. By Katie Llanos-Small

Brazilian investors are taking a more cautious approach to risk after sharp swings in the Selic last year. But diversification is still slow to take hold.
By Katie Llanos-Small

Chilean pensions are a large and growing market for international fund managers. But an industry that has served as a model for the rest of the region is facing new risks. By Jason Mitchell

Colombia’s pensions industry needs reform to boost returns, and the government is keen to see change. By Jason Mitchell

Mexican pension funds have begun to hire third-party fund managers, but politics is proving a barrier to further increasing their freedom to invest abroad. By Katie Llanos-Small

With a rapidly growing pension pool — and a laggard stock market — Peru has started to grant funds more freedom over where and how they invest. By Jason Mitchell