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Brazil
Dutch development bank FMO has closed a $30m loan to Brazilian steel products maker Mangels. The facility has a tenor of nine years with a 3-year grace period and pays 25...
Bonds Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Chile raised rates unexpectedly last week by 25bp to 6%, against the consensus forecast of no change in the rate. "The policy statement was balanced; without pre-committi...
Funds
Despite the rout, geographically diversified global emerging markets (GEM) funds tracked by EPFR Global had their best week ever last week, both in dollar and percentage ...
Economy & Policy
Cristina de Kirchner has unveiled a cabinet with few new faces, suggesting continuity with her husband's administration. Among the secretaries who will be staying on for ...
Andean
Russia's Gazprom is in talks with the Bolivian government to link up with YPFB, the national oil and gas company, in an exploration deal heard at $2bn, according to the F...
LatAm equity funds lost 3.81% in the week ended December 13, according to Lipper. The performance was much worse than the 2.29% average loss for the 2,622 World Equity fu...
Brazil's Grupo Odebrecht is assembling a $360m project finance bond to build and operate the Autopista El Coral in the Dominican Republic. The deal, to be launched in the...
PDVSA and Petrobras will jointly invest $4.5bn to build a refinery in the northeastern Brazilian state of Pernambuco, according to a Reuters report that cites presidents ...
Brazil's Banco Sofisa is on the road with a $120m-$150m IFC A/B loan, which is expected to close January 9. In addition to a $30m 7-year A loan, the bank is syndicating o...
Belgian energy firm Suez-Tractebel has purchased a 100% stake in Brazil's Ponte de Pedra hydroelectric power plant from Sweden's Skanska and Italy's Impreglio, each of wh...
M&A
Brazil's Grupo Votorantim launched Friday a $1.3bn 3-piece syndicated loan to take out two bridge facilities it raised with WestLB and Citi for acquisitions done in recen...