An effective mix of aggressive marketing, higher-margin products and a rigorous pursuit of efficiency has enabled Mexico’s Grupo Santander-Serfin to post some impressive results and set it apart from its […]
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Business & Banking
Toyota Invests in Mexico and Argentina With the goal of using Argentina as an export base, Toyota Motor Corp. says it plans to invest $200 million in the country over the […]
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Eastern Restraint, Latin Assets
Unlike their European and American counterparts, Asian
investors entered Latin America slowly and carefully, a strategy that is giving them staying power in these tough
times.
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Divide and Capitalize
Colombia’s Grupo Empresarial Antioqueño is a dominant player in the financial services, food and cement industries. But its complex structure is limiting access to capital, a problem GEA’s bosses are trying to overcome.
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HSBC’s Southern Exposure
With the purchase of Grupo Bital, HSBC finally has the anchor it has wanted in Mexico for several years.Meanwhile, the feisty Bital is getting a much-needed boost to its balance sheet.
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So Long to Latin American Samurais
After providing a solid supply of money for Latin American bond issuers, the yen market snapped shut last August. Only the Mexican state electricity company has been able to break in.
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Sovereign Report
Mexico Sells $1.75 Billion Global Issue Mexico issued a $1.75 billion, 20-year bond in September that sold like hot cakes even as Brazil edged closer to default. The bond was […]
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Presidential Promises Falter
President Vicente Fox has been unable to overcome the
political obstacles to many of his vaunted reform plans. Still,Mexico has largely avoided South America’s malaise and remains a regional economic powerhouse.
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The Foreigners Take Over
Nearly all Mexico’s banks are foreign-owned now, and the financial system is fully recovered from the financial crash of 1995. But lending remains feebele in a country desperately in need of credit.
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Politics Torpedoes Growth
A casualty of the politics surrounding Alejandro Toledo’s first year as president, Pedro Pablo Kuczynski succeeded
in growing Peru’s economy, sealing a deal with the IMF and issuing a historic international bond. But the public failed to embrace his free market ideas.