Brazil Economy & Policy Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Deeply unpopular and tangled in a web of political turmoil, Michel Temer’s chances of executing tough, investor-friendly reforms appear to be shrinking. Now the Brazilian...
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Argentina Bonds Funds
The Argentine government has been on a debt spree. With interest running high, corporate issuers appear ready to take the plunge. But can the economically troubled countr...
Project & Infrastructure Finance Bonds Structured Finance
Brazil's national development bank will move from a subsidized long-term lending rate to a new rate based on the government's borrowing costs, but will short-term pain tr...
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Brazil Chile
Latam Airlines has sat on the tarmac since the company was created in 2012. But its financials are starting to look better
2018 promises to be a tumultuous year for Brazil’s economy, as upcoming elections add fuel...
Prospects for sustained economic growth in Central America look bright as newly invigorate...
Bonds Funds Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Earnings for bond investors in Latin America have burst into life. The most impressive managers were those who were unafraid to pursue portfolio growth in the thorniest o...
Equity fund flows are soaring, reversing years of exits from the asset class, yet risks still linger in Latin American stocks. The best investors are picking carefully
Brazil Mexico Central America
Latin America is lagging behind global trends when it comes to green bonds, but two big developments in Mexico may herald a change
Bonds Structured Finance Funds
After a year of transition, the Inter-American Investment Corporation is primed to sharply extend its financing portfolio, its chief executive says
Mexico Economy & Policy Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
As tensions with the US remain high, Mexico's economy minister sets out his country's priorities and plans in a recent interview with LatinFinance
Brazil Peru Loans
The shock waves are not just hitting Odebrecht and its partners but also infrastructure and project finance markets across the region
Brazil Project & Infrastructure Finance Interviews
Brazil's government hopes to attract more investors into infrastructure by increasing returns and revamping concessions contracts, says the secretary of investments and p...
Paraguay Project & Infrastructure Finance Features
Paraguay has a $2 billion pipeline of PPPs, but congressional tie-ups and a lack of depth in the local financial markets are making investors wary
Brazil Colombia Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Big businesses are the exception in Latin America. Yet they still gobble up most of the available corporate credit. Across the region, governments are looking at ways to ...
Peru Economy & Policy Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Peru is dumping onerous rules in a move the government hopes will ease the way for small companies to register, pay tax and offer employee benefits. But business owners s...
Bonds Structured Finance Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Development organizations are making a business case for financing small and midsize enterprises led by women, but commercial lenders have been slow to catch on. By Stefa...
Bonds Structured Finance Brazil
Brazil’s small businesses have been beaten up by years of recession and high interest rates. Now BNDES says it has a solution. If it succeeds, it could give the economy t...
In the wake of Lava Jato, small and midsize businesses are finding that they must improve their compliance procedures to hold on to contracts and borrow money. By Rodrigo...
President Michel Temer has made an aggressive move to reform Brazil’s shrinking economy. Now growth is in sight, but it will take several years to tackle the fiscal mess
Caribbean Trinidad & Tobago Economy & Policy
An overvalued currency is hindering access to foreign exchange, in turn hurting small businesses and consumers. By Mat Youkee