Banking
BRAZIL’S CHANGE OF FORTUNE | COUNTRY REPORT
Country Report | Brazil
Brazil is fighting to restore economic growth and its international standing, as the Petrobras bribery scandal continues to wreak havoc on the economy and investment.
Latin America
Join the global community of corporate and public-sector finance industry leaders reading Global Finance monthly in print.
Click Here
Banking
Five Minutes With Eduardo Suarez, Scotiabank
Capital Markets | Q&A
Eduardo Suárez, co-head of Latin America strategy in the Global Banking and Markets division of Scotiabank.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
MEXICO OVERTAKES BRAZIL IN AUTO MANUFACTURING | MILESTONES
Milestones | Mexico
Mexico is now Latin America’s largest annual automobile manufacturer, with 2014 production outpacing that of Brazil for the first time since 2002.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
THE CLOCK IS TICKING FOR PETROBRAS
Management | Corporate Reporting
For Petróleo Brasileiro, or Petrobras, as the giant Brazilian oil company is called, the time to present audited 2014 results, including the write-downs associated with the highly publicized historical corruption scandal, is running out.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
BRAZIL: SMOOTH SAILING FOR PETROBRAS CEO?
Newsmakers | Brazil
Aldemir Bendine became one of Brazil’s poster boys for success while at the helm of Banco do Brasil, but his new role as chief executive of the country’s oil giant, Petrobras, is causing him headaches.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
LATIN AMERICAN TRADE: A FIESTA WITHOUT A HANGOVER?
Regional Report | Latin America
Colombia, Chile, Mexico and Peru are handling the drop in commodities prices better than the rest of Latin America.
Banking
SANTANDERS CLOUD GAMBIT: WILL MORE BANKS FOLLOW THEIR LEAD?
Trends | Global Banking
On the surface at least, Spain’s Banco Santander and Cloud storage providers do not appear to have much in common.
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
VENEZUELA: FREE-FLOATING CURRENCY UNLIKELY TO STAVE OFF DEFAULT
Milestones | Venezuela
Venezuela’s introduction of a marginal free-floating currency system that will freely trade the US dollar and the bolivar seems unlikely to enlarge the country’s foreign exchange reserves or stem its growing external debt.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Brazil: Correcting Its Fiscal Slippage
In a presentation in New York on February 18—his first official visit to the US since his appointment—Brazil’s Finance minister Joaquim Levy said that Brazilians are learning by doing.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
COSTA RICA: THE FDI SUCCESS STORY
Frontier Markets Report | Costa Rica
Costa Rica has a long history of actively and successfully seeking outside investment. However, the country is dealing with high unemployment and an uncertain fiscal outlook, given that the government plans to ramp up spending on social programs, which could raise the debt level.
Emerging & Frontier Markets
US-CUBA RELATIONS THAW, BUT CHALLENGES REMAIN
Milestones | United States & Cuba
After 54 years of economic and diplomatic isolation, relations between Cuba and the United States appeared to thaw in mid-January, when the U.S. implemented a host of regulatory changes to its sanctions regime against the Communist country.
Economics, Policy & Regulation
BRAZILIAN ECONOMY: CAN LEVY HELP IT TURN A CORNER?
<strong>Brazil | Newsmakers</strong><br />
Joaquim Levy, Brazil’s newly appointed minister of Finance, will need to muster all his skills to navigate the rough waters of Brazilian domestic politics and restore the public budget surplus that made the country a darling of Wall Street investors.