Category: Brazil

Enersis, Latin America’s largest private sector electricity utility, with subsidiaries in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia and Peru, faced a bleak situation in 2002 as Argentina’s devaluation and deepening economic crisis […]

After several years in the doldrums, Brazil’s economy is likely to grow by 3%-4% this year and bankers expect a sharp increase demand for loans. Bradesco, Brazil’s largest private-sector bank, […]

Brazil’s return to the capital markets in April 2003 after a year’s absence was a closely watched event. Any slip up or misreading of the market could end in disaster. […]

Unibanco, one of Brazil’s largest banks, has a solid history of capital markets activity dating back to the 1950s, acting both for itself and its clients. The bank began raising […]

Demand for exotic credits, popular with international investors in 2001 and 2002, waned after Brazil won back investor interest in the second half of 2003. Luckily, there is still demand […]

For years Brazil’s national oil company, Petróleos Brasileiros (Petrobras) could only raise money on the international markets with bonds equipped with credit enhancements. The company long hoped to resume issuance […]

The country has regained the confidence of investors
and but Brazil still faces considerable challenges that the markets
have ignored for too long.

Brazil’s trade and industry minister has been in the
job barely a year and already has something to show for his time in
government. But Luiz Furlan still has much to do before the country
emerges as a major trading nation.

Brazil’s President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva has
achieved a lot in his first year in office. His reform agenda next
year promises to be as challenging as it has been in
2003.

Money is moving into Latin American technology
ventures in Brazil. But entrepreneurs and their backers still face
considerable odds.