The country’s equity markets have slowed while corporate issuers postpone possible bond issues both at home and abroad
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Brazil’s J&F could resort to asset sales
The Brazilian holding company may offload stakes in Alpargatas and Eldorado to save the meatpacker JBS, sources say
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Brazil’s JBS resumes leniency talks as shares plunge
The Brazilian meatpacker says it is continuing to negotiate with prosecutors over a fine in connection with a bribery scandal, while Moody’s downgrades its debt a notch
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Brazil’s securities regulator investigates JBS
CVM opens probe after press reports that the company at the center of the latest corruption scandal bought “large quantities” of dollars in the currency markets
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Brazil, Petrobras bonds fall on fresh corruption reports
President Michel Temer is allegedly implicated in a scheme to pay off former House Speaker Eduardo Cunha
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Brazil’s JBS dials down IPO talk
The Brazilian food company’s shares tumble after announcing weak Q1 earnings this week
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Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards 2017
LatinFinance’s 2017 Project & Infrastructure Finance Awards recognize the most impressive transactions and institutions in a field critical to the region’s economic progress.
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Itau acquisition halts XP’s IPO plans
The Brazilian bank inks a $2bn agreement to buy the brokerage firm, ruling out a public share offering
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Argentina keeps focus on developing local capital markets
In an interview during LatinFinance’s 3rd Cumbre Financiera Argentina, Finance Minister Luis Caputo says the government is taking steps to grow the local capital markets
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Argentina’s Cordoba province plots bond market return
The province seeks $400m to finance investments in gas infrastructure, according to debt capital market sources at LatinFinance’s 3rd Cumbre Financiera Argentina