Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Cover: Three Scenarios for Brazil
SUNSET, OR A NEW SUNRISE? By Michael Shari Brazil faces a monumental challenge in meeting the expectations of its citizens,...
Latin America
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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil
BRAZILIAN PORTS OPEN TO PRIVATE INVESTORS By Antonio Guerrero The Dilma Rousseff administration signed into law new regulations that open the country’s ports to greater private-sector investments. Approved in June, the policies are expected to help attract ...
Banking
Equity: Companies Raise More DR Capital
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The pace of capital raising using depositary receipts has accelerated sharply from last year, and the pipeline of future issues is strong, DR bankers say. Much of the recent activity ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Milestones: Free Trade Agreement Deemed A Success After First Year
MILESTONES: US-COLOMBIA By Forrest Jones The free-trade agreement between Colombia and the United States spent years stalled in the US Congress, but it just celebrated its one-year anniversary in May, and both sides are hailing the deal as ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmakers: Ambassador Leads Charm Offensive On Trade
NEWSMAKERS: ECUADOR By Gordon Platt Five days after Ecuador’s left-leaning president Rafael Correa was inaugurated for a third and final four-year term, the country’s ambassador to the US, Nathalie Cely, addressed a group of business leaders and investors at ...
Economics, Policy & Regulation
Newsmakers: President Goes Toe To Toe With The IMF Over Financials
NEWSMAKERS: ARGENTINA By Paula L. Green Argentine president Cristina Fernández de Kirchner isn’t afraid to tangle with the British, global bondholders, her own judicial system or even the International Monetary Fund. Fernández de Kirchner has until September to ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: Brazil Leads Latin American IPO Surge
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt Brazilian companies are rushing to go public despite a double-digit decline in...
Award Winners
World’s Best Islamic Financial Institutions 2013: Islamic Finance Deal of the Year
ISLAMIC FINANCE DEAL OF THE YEAR: Jebel Ali Free Zone Islamic Financing Facility And Sukuk $1.2 BILLION SYNDICATED ISLAMIC FINANCING FACILITY: Mandated lead arrangers and joint bookrunners Abu Dhabi Islamic Bank, Citi, Dubai Islamic Bank, Emirates NBD, National Bank ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Equity: NYSE, Mexican Exchange Top IPO Charts
CORPORATE FINANCING NEWS: GLOBAL EQUITY/DRS By Gordon Platt The New York Stock Exchange and the Mexican Stock Exchange were the top exchanges for initial public offerings in the first quarter, according to research firm Renaissance Capital. The once-sleepy ...
Capital Raising & Corporate Finance
Frontier Markets Focus: Panama
MEETING POINT By Dan Keeler Panama is working hard to become the dominant corporate hub in Central America. With its stable and open economy and its uniquely favorable location as the bridge between North and South America, ...
Emerging & Frontier Markets
Newsmakers: Former Chilean President Seeks Office Again
NEWSMAKERS: CHILE By Forrest Jones Former Chilean president Michelle Bachelet wants her old job back. A single mother and the leader of the center-left Concertación coalition, she announced in March that she plans to run for president this November. ...
Award Winners
World’s Best Banks 2013: Latin America
By Thomas Clouse, Jonathan Gregson, Antonio Guerrero & Gordon Platt LOCAL BANKS INCREASE MARKET SHARE While European banks have dominated Latin America’s banking sector for more than a decade, their stronghold has recently weakened. Some have sold local assets ...