The country’s dependence on energy revenues poses serious risks to its economy.
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A Work in Progress
Trinidad and Tobago wants to establish long-term stability for a prosperous future.
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Bancomext’s Peso-Euro Bond
Until very recently, most international investors would generally buy Mexican peso bonds to indulge in a little currency speculation. But the game has changed now that the world’s three main […]
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Banking & Business
Femsa Gulps Down Panamco Femsa Gulps Down Panamco Mexican soft drink company Coca-Cola Femsa in January swooped in to take control of Panamerican Beverages (Panamco), paying $3.6 billion for the […]
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MarketWatch
To the Hilt Mexico’s four largest, and closely related, telecom companies owe lenders more money than any other private-sector companies in Latin America. Carso Global Telecom, a holding company owned […]
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Mexico Whittles Down Its Bradys
In September 2002, Mexico issued a $1.75 billion, 20-year global bond to exchange a batch of outstanding Brady bonds and raise new money. The government convinced investors to exchange $1.3 […]
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Sovereign Report
Chile and Mexico’s One-Two Punch In early January, Mexico and Chile took advantage of pent up demand for emerging market debt to raise a total of $3 billion in the […]
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Peru Pulls in the Private Sector
After a 74-year absence, Peru returned to the international capital markets in February 2002 with a 10-year, $1.42 billion bond. The historic issue signaled a break with the past for […]
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Going Global with Peso Paper
Bancomext, the Mexican government’s export-import bank, set a new benchmark in November when it issued the first peso issue that can be traded by international investors.
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MarketWatch
Mexico’s Hot Banks Mexico is the most active market for mergers and acquisitions in Latin America’s banking industry. The country accounts for half the transactions in the region in […]