Brazil

Ohio-based glassmaker Owens-Illinois has acquired Brazil-based...

In an attempt to honor the...

Brazilian call center operator Contax has...

Brazilian miner Vale's attempt to acquire...

Brazil's central bank held its monetary...

Brazil’s Suzano Papel e Celulose is...

Brazil has transferred BRL1.4bn in shares...

S&P has upgraded the ratings of...

Telemar is preparing to issue a...

In line with market consensus, Bulltick...

A busy June and July, the prospect of continued low interest rates and unrelenting gigantic fund inflows have DCM braced for a flurry of activity in September.

After challenging times earlier this year, Brazilian equity capital markets are bursting with issuers ready to print. At the end of August, however, the market awaited Petrobras.

Investment bankers have run out of ways to describe the rich revenue potential in LatAm. Those with other products to offer are chasing a much bigger pot.

As competition to attract talent intensifies, Brazilian investment bank pay could spiral out of control. Upwards salary pressure shows no signs of abating.

Veteran banker Bill Rhodes says shifts in global growth create opportunity for LatAm. He predicts a slowdown in the US, which he urges to strengthen ties with the region.

Brazil’s BNDES is expected to issue...

Mexico edges out Brazil and Chile for this year’s prize among the region’s central banks. The trio is not without criticism in what has been a tricky 12 months.

In a positive sign for LatAm...

After two years of breakneck growth and consolidation funded largely by the government, Brazilian meatpackers are protein providers to the world. Can they also become global brands?

Vale has returned to the dollar...

The IFC’s popular treasurer is forced by internal rules to step down. But the irrepressible Nina Shapiro has no intention of quitting emerging markets.

S&P has placed the B+ international...

Latin America’s biggest bank, Banco do Brasil, is riding high with new lines of international and capital markets business. However, elections may be a spanner in the works.

WestLB and Santander have launched syndication...

Ownership of Brazilian telecoms is in flux, reflecting elevated foreign interest as well as expansion on the ground. Consolidation has several more acts to run.

Telemar’s expected new bond should be...

BNDES plans to meet the European...

LatAm-targeted M&A reached $115.1 billion in the first half of 2010, which according to Dealogic, is the highest half-year volume on record for the region and more than double the first half 2009 trade of $40.7 billion.

Issuers and investors expect a healthy...