M&A

Vale says it will not bid...

Grupo Bimbo, the Mexican food company,...

Duratex, the Brazilian wood and metal...

Grupo Bimbo will acquire the US...

IMG Worldwide, a US-based sports, entertainment...

Talk that Brazil’s Itau may be...

Polo Resources, a Canadian natural resources...

Banco Fibra is reportedly using Goldman...

Continuing its Caribbean expansion, Republic Bank...

Barclays reports that Itau Unibanco is...

A meeting of Grupo Carso shareholders...

Brazil’s central bank has given the...

Colombia will not sell its Satena...

EDP Energias do Brasil will acquire...

Travelers, the US property and casualty...

Grupo Luksic’s agreement to acquire a...

Grupo Bemberg is rumored to be...

Fitch views LAN’s announcement that it...

Companhia Siderurgica Nacional (CSN) will be...

Australian miner EnviroGold says it plans...

Japan-based trading company Marubeni and the...

Brazilian IT company Tivit has hired...

Vale CFO Guilherme Cavalcanti says the...

Cultural barriers remain, but the China-LatAm relationship is starting to blossom. Both sides hope to convert dialogue into more frequent large transactions.

Investors, issuers and bankers partying in DC at the IMF annual meetings oozed optimism verging on complacency.

Eduardo Centola has joined UBS as CEO of the investment bank in Brazil, where the Swiss bank is focused on rebuilding its coverage.

Mexican telecoms and Brazilian oil pump up the deal volume numbers claimed by advisors, but flow is still up year-on-year, even after stripping out distorting Telmex and Petrobras trades.

The crop of boutiques that sprang up from the bulge bracket wreckage faces fresh competition. They will need relationships, international connections and a proper structure to survive.

The growth of boutiques in Mexico and Colombia has slowed. Pan-regional players continue to stick to their guns.