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Brazilian utility Cemig, has received final...

This year may not see the record-breaking flow of local bonds Colombia enjoyed in 2009. But brisk activity is expected as liquidity persists and investors continue to seek assets.

Brazilian mid-sized bank Banco Daycoval plans...

Corporacion Geo’s Casas Geo unit is...

The World Cup and Olympics offer a once-in-a-lifetime opportunity for Brazil to engage the private sector and foreign banks to update infrastructure.

Leading Mexican issuer America Movil priced...

Colombia’s multiple infrastructure dreams look closer to becoming a reality as all the talk of the last few years moves closer to action.

Mexico conglomerate Grupo Carso has set...

Ecopetrol plans to put a COP5.5trn...

Mexico’s overseas debt market has roared back to life, while corporate peso debt is still waiting for quasi sovereigns to bring it back from the brink. Beware rising interest rates.

Chilean companies are filing regulatory reports...

America Movil has priced the first...

Tiendas Comercial Mexicana has again extended...

Despite rising volatility and risk, both...

Colombia’s economy should not see any...

As trouble continues to brew in...

In the first high profile departure...

Investors who are new to Brazil may be excused for thinking it is a one-way bull run, especially after last year’s 75% stock vault.

Chile beats Mexico when LatAm finance ministers are ranked for their handling of last year’s crisis. Unwinding stimulus measures and containing inflation are the main challenges.

Sebastián Piñera, the billionaire president-elect of Chile, faces stiff resistance to privatizing 20% of Codelco, the world’s biggest copper producer. He will move very carefully.

New infrastructure funds are springing up to finance billions of dollars in Peruvian railroads. The government hopes to also see investment from commodity producers.

Brazilian elections will likely feature two competent, slightly dull bureaucrats. However, behind workaday exteriors lie tough personalities with ruthless political instincts.

A game of two halves is predicted for Brazilian equity, which started 2010 on shaky ground. New issuance is scheduled for the first half, but volatility will follow.

Bancolombia Leasing has issued COP400bn ($207m)...

With the credit crisis behind it, Brazil’s small but solid structured finance market is poised to expand again. Residential real estate is becoming a reality.

Investors are troubled much less by the politics of Latin America than they fret over governance in Washington and Europe. However, even Brazil conceals risk that is not priced in.

Banco do Brasil (BdB) is heard...

US law firm DLA Piper has...

Sovereigns have returned to Japan for diversification at an attractive rate. Corporates are another matter and the scope of the Samurai market remains to be seen.