With interest rates coming down in Latin America and poised to follow suit in the United States, the primary equity market is set for a recovery. Follow-on offerings will lead this bounce back, with a few IPOs by big firms in Brazil and Mexico. Argentina may also get back into the game, experts say.
Category: 2023 Q4
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Cover Story – China & LatAm: The Penalty Shot
Long a source of export revenue and financing for Latin America, China is poised for a structural slowdown. This could be bad news for Latin America. If China catches a […]
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Parting Shot: Nouriel Roubini
Nouriel Roubini, an economist famed anticipating the global financial crisis, spoke with LatinFinance about his take on the global economy, reflecting on how China’s economic challenges could affect Latin America. […]
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Market Talk: Bonds
The primary bond market is poised to revive in Latin America, but when and how fast still hinges on an easing in global financial conditions, bankers say. Latin American primary bond sales are expected to gain in the fourth quarter of this year, but the pace of dealmaking depends on a decline in US interest […]
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Market Talk: Equity
After a sluggish first half of the year, the primary equity market is starting to bubble in Latin America. Follow-on offerings are back. And an IPO could break the drought of deals as soon as the fourth quarter, led by Brazil and then Mexico, analysts say. It’s been slow in Latin America’s primary equity market […]
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Market Talk: M&A
More companies are dusting off acquisition plans – and sellers willing to sell – in Latin America, as interest rates start to decline in the region, analysts and executives say. It could get busier in the fourth quarter – and next year. After a sluggish start this year, mergers and acquisitions activity in Latin America […]
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Market Talk: Loans
While loan activity has been down so far this year, the prospects for a recovery in the fourth quarter are brightening. More companies are turning to the banks to finance M&A and prepare for 2024, analysts say. Loans activity in Latin America is expected to gain in the fourth quarter of this year, as companies […]
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Infrastructure Finance: Creative Construction
While private investment is still flowing into infrastructure projects in Latin America and the Caribbean, developers and financiers will have to keep innovating to get deals done. Mendubim is a Brazilian name for one of the country’s most typical products, the peanut. It has also become synonymous with a new era of infrastructure project financing in […]
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ESG Investing: Reaching The Limit
The environmental, social and governance approach to investment has been gathering pace in Latin America. But running ESG funds is neither cheap nor easy, especially given fee pressures across the […]
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Brazil Infrastructure: Mind The Gap
Financing has long been a challenge for infrastructure projects in Brazil. But after years of testing different models, it is getting easier to raise funds. This bodes well for keeping up with demand and developing the country’s huge resources. The Port of Açu, between the cities of Rio de Janeiro and Vitória, is the largest […]