Interview with Eddy Lacayo, Head of Corporate Lending Latin America, BBVA
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Pandemic reveals Latin America’s fiscal cracks
Government reactions to the pandemic in Latin America have varied, with some launching big fiscal stimulus packages while others have taken more muted approaches. All face the same struggles of fighting a health crisis that renders economic forecasting even more of a guessing game
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Wealth after the lockdown: For seers?
Wealth management is about making educated guesses and holding convictions. In the COVID-19 age those calculations take on additional weight as the level of unknown unknowns increases
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Fintech’s crisis moments
The addition to the global lexicon of contactless delivery and social distancing plays directly to the strength of the digital transformation underway in Latin America’s financial sector. The COVID-19 pandemic is speeding that process to a greater scale than ever before
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LATAM ESG set for post COVID-19 growth
At this moment in time, Latin American markets and economies are flashing red, yellow and orange. It is likely that investors will be looking to cement green financing into their portfolios as the world emerges from the ashes of COVID-19
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Green shoots in Brazil’s ethanol and sugar sector
Rising ethanol and sugar prices are bringing much-needed relief to Brazil´s debt-laden producers. Resolving the industry´s structural and financial weaknesses will be much more difficult
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Is Guyana already squandering its new found oil wealth?
The oil is just now starting to flow but the political morass is thick and deep and blocking Guyana from taking advantage of its natural resource riches
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Blunting the impact
Billions in public sector aid and loans have been committed to Latin America and the Caribbean to help the region overcome the COVID-19 pandemic. In the private sector, it prompted one impact investor to take early and bold steps to support borrowers, putting to the test the nature of his investment premise: business is a powerful way to eliminate poverty
