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Capital Raising & Corporate Finance

Corporate Finance : Brazilian Companies Lead Rush By Latin American Issuers To Tap Us Private-placement Market

Corporate financing news / global equity/drs Latin American equity capital markets had their biggest month ever in July, with $9.6 billion in proceeds from 23 issues, an increase of 48% from the previous record of $6.5 billion set ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : International banks enjoy Brazilian boom times

Brazil Brazil’s strong capital markets recovery and IPO blitz has prompted international investment banks to put the country back on their radars. Lehman Brothers, which exited Brazil in 2003 amid a near market collapse, has reopened its São ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : The unsinkable mrs. K

Argentina Double act: Nestor Kirchner and the presidential hopeful, Mrs. K. Argentine First Lady and senator Cristina Fernández de Kirchner is poised to replace her husband, President Nestor Kirchner, in the top post in the October 28 ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Cover Story : A Changing Agenda

Latin America There is no longer any doubt that Venezuelan president Hugo Chávez’s “Bolivarian Revolution” is having a significant economic and political impact on Latin America. The question now is, Will it last? It’s 11 o’clock in the ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Meat Processors Bulk Up With Foreign Acquisitions

Brazil Beefing up: Brazilian meat producer JBS is set to buy the US's Swift Following a spate of local IPOs by Brazil's main meat processing companies, sector players are now engaged in an acquisitions spree to expand their ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Argentine Utility Lists On New York Stock Exchange

DR NEWS Edenor, a Buenos Aires-based electricity distributor, became the 12th Argentina-based company to trade on the New York Stock Exchange, following its initial public offering in the United States and Argentina. The company, also known as Distribution ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Making The Grade

BRAZIL Brazil's agricultural output is helping boost its economy Brazil moved closer to a coveted investment-grade rating in May as both Standard & Poor’s and Fitch upgraded the sovereign to BB+ from BB. The rating puts it just ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Newsmakers : Multilateral Malaise

LATIN AMERICA Hugo Chávez: Wants to see the World Bank out of Latin America While most media attention on the World Bank recently has focused on a political scandal that could spark the downfall of bank president Paul ...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Markets Shrug Off Lula’s Political Woes

Brazil Troubled: President Lula da Silva While Brazilian corporates have stayed clear of a political scandal surrounding key leaders of...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Milestones : Venezuela’s Debt Proposal Gets Cool Reception

Venezuela Venezuelas Hugo Chavez Skeptics are questioning the rationale behind the Venezuelan governments proposed debt alliance for Latin American emerging...

Emerging & Frontier Markets

Emerging Markets : Monetary Tightening Pays Off

Brazil The Brazilian central banks nearly year-long monetary policy tightening drive is finally bearing fruit. The monetary policy committee (Copom)...

News

Features : Brazil’s Trailblazers Continue To Drive Innovation In Adr Market

Despite political turmoil at home, many American Depository Receipts (ADRs) of Brazilian companies are doing well, thanks to strong liquidity...