On January 28, in New York, LatinFinance held its first annual Corporate Finance Roundtables, co-hosted by law firm Winthrop, Stimson, Putnam&Roberts. The debt roundtable, moderated by LatinFinance managing editor Paul Kilby, begins on this page, and the equity roundtable begins on page 13. Foremost on debt panelists’ minds was the Asian crisis and its effects […]
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Flying the Island Skies
The battle for dominance of the Caribbean airways is heating up over the islands and isn’t expected to cool any time soon. Trinidad is serving as the centerpiece for the fight as British West Indies Airways (BWIA) and growing Air Caribbean duke it out for routes. BWIA, an airline that in early 1998 was rumored […]
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How it all began.
Peter Conwey Well, here we are-10 years later. But how did it all start? I suppose I must have been thinking a lot about the Latin American debt problem, because one night in 1987 I had a bizarre dream which I couldn’t make heads nor tails of. First of all, there was a […]
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In their own words. ( Alexis F. Habib)
Alexis F. Habib, Credit Agricole Indosuez Alexis F. Habib is managing director of Credit Agricole Indosuez Emerging Markets, which he co-founded in early 1991. He cut his teeth in Latin America through assignments at Marine Midland Bank and at Unibanco in Brazil, and served as vice president and then head trader in […]
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In their own words. (Alberto Fujimori)
Alberto Fujimori, President of Peru In 1990, a little-known agronomist and university rector with no prior political experience, Alberto Fujimori, surprised observers and was elected to the presidency of Peru. Since then, he has guided his country through eight years of economic reforms and not a little political controversy. Chosen as LatinFinance’s […]
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In their own words. (Alberto Verme & Paul Masco)
Alberto Verme and Paul Masco, Salomon Smith Barney Alberto Verme (pictured below) is head of Latin American investment banking at Salomon Smith Barney. He began his career at the World Bank in 1979, and still remembers showing up for work at his first investment banking job at First Boston in his World […]
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In their own words. (Angel Santamarina)
Angel Santamarina, EH Capital Angel Santamarina is now a partner at New York-based fund EH Capital, but his experience in emerging markets began as a young man living in Argentina’s inflation-racked economy. Santamarina’s early career involved a four year stint at American Express Bank, where he delved into everything from debt/equity conversions […]
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In their own words. (Antoine van Agtmael)
Antoine van Agtmael, Emerging Markets Investors Corp. Sometime after arriving in New York from Asia in 1979, Dutch investment banker Antoine van Agtmael coined the term “emerging markets” as a more desirable phrase than “third world” or “developing countries.” At the IFC in the mid-1980s, he helped channel IFC and private European money into the […]
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In their own words. (Arminio Fraga)
Arminio Fraga, Soros Fund Management Prior to joining Soros Fund Management in early 1993, Arminio Fraga served as a board member and director of international affairs at the Banco Central do Brasil. During his year and a half at the central bank, Fraga was involved in negotiations with the IMF, the Paris Club and private […]
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In their own words. (Arthur Byrnes)
Arthur Byrnes, Deltec Asset Management Arthur Byrnes was hired by Deltec Asset Management right out of Stanford Business School. Now, as chairman of Deltec, he is the manager of its Latin American debt funds-at least one of which has consistently outperformed its peers over the last five years with a return of […]