An ill-starred diversification plan at Bladex put it in the cross hairs of Argentina’s collapse. But today the trade finance bank is recapitalized and focusing on traditional lending.
Category: Bonds
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The Price of Reform
The Inter-American Development Bank has little to show for the billions of dollars it has pumped into Latin America. But Enrique Iglesias, who has led the IDB for 14 years, defends the bank’s role and revelance.
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Seeking the Common Ground
Bondholders think the International Monetary Fund and western governments are forcing them to support a sovereign restructuring process that would violate their interests and those of the international bond market as a whole. Hans Humes propeses a solution that would protect the interests of both debtor and creditor in future sovereign restructurings.
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Committed to Reform
The president of the CVM, Brazil’s capital market regulatory agency, explains why new legislation will reform the country’s equity markets, improve corporate governance and help minority investors.