Camisea Gas Arrives Peru’s President Alejandro Toledo inaugurated in August the $2.69 billion Camisea gas project. The pipeline from the rainforest and over the Andes to export terminals on the […]
Category: Regions
Bond Market Battle
Pointing to unused money in investors’ portfolios and the unmet needs of smaller companies, Caribbean brokerage firms are gearing up to rival banks’ bond business.
Davids and Goliaths
The Caribbean is becoming a battleground where small, but nimble local banks face off against powerful international competitors.
A Playground for Multilaterals
Enlightened regulation has made Colombia’s debt market a launch pad for innovative new structures from domestic and international issuers.
Gas-Fired Development
Trinidad is using its oil and gas wealth wisely to build an advanced society. Will it be able to forge crucial international partnerships in time?
It’s Time to Rethink China
Latin America must come to terms with China’s emergence as a global political and military power, instead of simply viewing it as a fabulous new export market for raw materials. by David Hale*
Hunting the Green Flash
Caribbean countries are looking for ways to fuel long-term growth. Will that prove as elusive as the legendary green flash at sunset?
Wooing the Europeans
Wall Street is wary of Jamaica, but not its counterpart in Europe. Retail investors are snapping up Jamaica’s bonds – and clamoring for more.
A Young Man with a Mission
Guillermo Babatz wants to revolutionize Mexico’s mortgage industry and reshape the country’s capital markets, too.
On Guard for Labor
Mario Gabriel Budebo’s job at the head of Mexico’s pension fund regulatory agency has him advocating for a single, but powerful, constituency: organized labor.
