The Caribbean is becoming a battleground where small, but nimble local banks face off against powerful international competitors.
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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?
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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?
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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.
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Kings of the Capital Markets
Citigoup is the best investment bank and Cleary, Gottlieb is the best law firm serving Latin America. Mexico is the best sovereign issuer.
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Fine-Tuning Market Debt
Mexico carried out a landmark global-for-global bond exchange in April. Andrés Conesa, head of public credit, says the deal saved money, improved investor relations and will help the sovereign price future bond issues more efficiently.
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Going Global, At Last
After seven years of being restricted to investing in Mexican bonds, the country’s pension funds can now put their assets into equities and foreign securities.