Category: Argentina

International telecommunications companies have told Henoch Aguilar, Argentina’s communications secretary, that they are prepared to invest over $5 billion in the country once the government deregulates the tightly controlled industry […]

Nobody is exempt from the disenchantment with emerging market risk. Long-term capital buyers are scarce even at Metrogas, the British Gas affiliate in Argentina, despite rising revenues and cashflow.

The main shareholders in Banco de Galicia, Argentina’s last big locally-owned bank, announced a share swap in which it will exchange stock in its holding company for bank shares held […]

Domestic investors should absorb Argentina’s financing needs for the rest of the year. But a huge deficit and eroding export competitiveness remain key problems for the sovereign and the markets.

Argentina’s currency board maintains strong local support but receives mixed reviews internationally. Andrew Powell, chief economist at the Central Bank of Argentina, defends the system.

Argentina, Latin America’s biggest and most frequent borrower, returned to the markets in May, launching a 750 million euro five year bond, lead managed by Chase Manhattan and JP Morgan. […]

While Argentina had a quiet month on the international bond market, the province of Buenos Aires stepped in to take up the slack. International and Argentine institutional investors snatched up […]

Pérez Companc, Argentina’s last major independent energy company, does the contrarian thing by issuing a stock swap to preserve its independence.

Argentine media conglomerate Grupo Clarín finally decides it must give up equity to preserve its communications hegemony.