Bonds

Maquinaria Especializada, a trust created by...

Railroad operator Kansas City Southern de...

Brazil’s Banco do Nordeste do Brasil...

Telefonica Moviles, the wireless unit of...

With the markets largely having anticipated...

Kimberly-Clark de Mexico, the paper and...

Santander Brasil has added $350m to...

Petrobras’ record-breaking equity raise underlines risk to minority shareholders in large, strategically important Brazilian industry. It also highlights relative value in the novo mercado.

As LatAm stares down a growing list of infrastructure needs, builders and governments hope private lenders return. The only certainty is multilateral and state lending.

To the relief of dizzy investors and baggy-eyed bankers, LatAm issuers began to take a minor breather in October, slowing from September’s breakneck pace that saw $14.6 billion in cross-border dollar bonds.

André Esteves has exceeded plenty of expectations on his way up the Brazilian investment banking ladder.

Mexican retail banks are known for making customers pay through their noses.

Banco de Bogotá has spent the last year rolling out a variety of new products and services in Colombia as it pursues a universal bank strategy, while also making moves cross-border.

Santander Chile says its strength has come from growing selectively and increasing sales without expanding the client base too much, so that it can control risk.

In the April-June period, Banco de Crédito Del Peru (BCP) achieved some of its best quarterly results to date, supported by a strong reactivation of the Peruvian economy.

State-controlled Banco de Costa Rica has gained market share through the financial crisis, growing the loan portfolio and expanding facilities.

Santander has spent the last year and a half digesting its $175 million 2008 acquisition of ABN AMRO, a deal it says has made it the largest private bank in Uruguay, with over 30% of the assets.

Crime and political rifts continue to block progress towards unity in Central America. Strides towards forging critical mass have been made, but full integration is lagging.