Asset-backed bonds, especially those backed by future flows, have become popular among private sector issuers in Mexico. But Comisión Federal de Electricidad (CFE), Mexico’s federal electricity monopoly, in April became […]
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Slow and Steady Won the Race
A decade ago, the Coca-Cola Company designated several companies as Latin America’s anchor bottlers. One was Mexico’s Coca-Cola Femsa and the other was Panama-based Panamerican Beverages. The companies quickly became […]
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Sticky Money for Mexico
Mexican public credit officials and investment bankers from Citigroup and Deutsche Bank crisscrossed Europe last May and detected demand among institutional investors for a large, liquid, non-dollar global benchmark bond. […]
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A Sale and a Partnership Derailed
One company is high on ambition. The other is deep in
distress. The owners of Mexico’s top railroad now are feuding over
deal gone bad involving a choice asset.
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Looking Abroad
Mexico’s pension fund managers soon will be able to
invest overseas. Debaters at a LatinFinance conference in November
looked to the future of offshore investing.
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PIONEERING THE EFFICIENT FRONTIER: The Inaugural LatinFinance Mexican Pension Fund Forum
LatinFinance presented the Mexican Pension Fund Forum
as a vehicle for learning and a catalyst for change in the Mexican
markets as new doors are opened for pension fund investments. In
case you missed this event, access the complete speaker
presentations online and exclusive to
www.latinfinance.com.
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Solidly Profitable
This year, LatinFinance has selected Banco General as bank of the year in Panama. While other big Panamanian banks aim to become regional players, Banco General has decided to expand […]
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A Gamble, Then Hard Work
Seven years ago, Canada’s Scotiabank took a 10% stake in Inverlat, a Mexican bank laid waste by the 1995 peso crisis. It paid the government, which had taken over Inverlat, […]
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And Then There Was One
Banorte has come a long way in a short time. As Mexico’s last big locally-owned commercial bank, Banorte has its work cut out to compete against giant foreign-owned banks that […]
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The Bank That Could
BBVA Banco Continental, Peru’s second largest bank, is beginning to catch up with its fiercest rival, Banco de Crédito del Perú. Although locally-owned BCP is the country’s largest bank, Continental […]