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Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Investor: News

FIRST COLOMBIAN ETF TRADES ON NYSE ARCA The first exchange-traded fund that seeks to replicate the performance of the 20 most-liquid securities in the Colombian market has begun trading on NYSE Arca, an all-electronic US trading platform. Global X Management, ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets Roundup: Brazil

Brazil's air force is helping finance Embraer's $500 million development program for a new military transport plane Following Brazil’s recent credit boom, banks are starting to face increased customer arrears. A research report from BB Investimentos, a division of Banco ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Features : Revisiting Nafta

Regional report Calls to renegotiate Nafta are growing louder, and as the three member countries’ economic travails deepen, the arguments for a revision are gaining ground. The economic crisis that began in the United States has had a dramatic ...

Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Milestones : Banks And Multilaterals Step In To Boost Trade

BRAZIL Brazil’s central bank: Attempting to boost banks’ trade finance lines With commodity prices plummeting from last year’s highs, Latin American governments are seeking ways to support their trade sectors as part of their economic stimulus plans. Strong ...

News

Newsmakers : Santander Loses Face In Latin America

LATIN AMERICA Sleepless in Madrid: Santander chairman Emilio Botin Spanish banking giant Santander is struggling to contain the fallout from the more than $3 billion loss its clients sustained through the bank’s investments in funds linked to disgraced ...

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BEST EMERGING MARKET BANKS 2008

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BEST GLOBAL BANKS – 2008

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Milestones : Slumping Copper Prices Take Shine Off Growth

CHILE Chile's president Bachelet: Stimulating economic growth. While high copper prices had maintained Chile’s economy as Latin America’s strongest, it seems the party is over as prices plummet and demand wanes. The South American country, the world’s largest ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Banking Giants Push For Growth

BRAZIL Presidents Medvedev and Lula call for the first-ever BRIC summit. Eager to maintain its status as Latin America’s largest financial institution, Banco do Brasil, Brazil’s largest state-controlled bank, announced the acquisition of Nossa Caixa, a bank ...

News

Newsmakers : Correa Steps Up Debt Campaign

Ecuador Correa: Buying political capital with debt restructuring. Ecuadorian president Rafael Correa has made good on his 2006 presidential campaign promise to default on any foreign debt deemed illegitimate, defaulting on $3.9 billion in global bonds. This marks ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Rating Slides As Default Looms

ARGENTINA President Kirchner makes overtures to avoid debt default. After months of analysts’ warnings that Argentina may be facing a new debt default, Standard & Poor’s agreed. The ratings agency lowered Argentina’s sovereign rating on October 31 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Banks Continue Consolidation

BRAZIL Brazil’s banks continued their consolidation trend, with the most recent deal in November creating Latin America’s largest financial group. Itaú, Brazil’s second-largest non-state-owned bank, announced its acquisition of Unibanco, the country’s third-largest, in a stock transaction valued ...