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Argentina
Argentina’s plan to create a fund using excess central bank reserves to repay debt is getting mixed reviews from economists. While on the one hand it is seen as a positiv...
Equity
Brazilian IT company Tivit, which in September raised BRL570 through an IPO, has secured a new BRL150m credit line with the BNDES, according to an executive close to the ...
Ratings have stabilized in the second half of 2009 for Latin American corporate issuers and there are fewer downgrades ahead, says Moody’s in a report. “Stronger fundamen...
Brazil
BNDESPar has completed the bookbuilding process for its domestic bond sale, setting the terms on a BRL1.25bn transaction that is set to close, following final regulatory ...
Brazilian real estate company Brookfield Incorporacoes has launched a road show supporting its BRL300m debenture issue, it says. Presentations will last through Friday, a...
M&A
Swift Australia, a wholly-owned unit of Brazilian meatpacker JBS, has acquired Tatiara Meat Company for $27.5m (AUD30.0m). The acquisition of the Borderdtown South Austra...
Brazilian paper and pulp producer Suzano says it has sold 50,000 hectares of forestry assets to two local vehicles. The deal is worth BRL311m, says the country’s second l...
Panama
Panama-based reinsurance company QBE del Itsmo and local tourism tycoon George Novey won the auction to acquire the country’s Stanford Bank operations, according to a ban...
Fleury, the Brazilian diagnostics lab, has priced its IPO at BRL16.00, the midpoint of its BRL15.00-BRL17.00 range, raising BRL630m, assuming a 15% greenshoe is exercised...
IMC, the restaurant holding company owned by PE firm Advent International, is heard haggling with investors on valuation for its IPO, scheduled to price tomorrow, Decembe...
Banco do Brasil (BdB) is in talks with Argentina’s Banco Patagonia for the potential acquisition of a stake in the bank, both institutions say in regulatory statements fi...
Brazil-based energy sector executives say Monday’s wind auction was a major success for the emerging renewable subsector, despite a lower than expected result for the tot...
Colombia
Colombia’s Grupo Financiero de Infraestructura (GFI) has issued COP125bn-equivalent ($62.4m) in UVR-denominated domestic bonds supporting water projects in various small ...
Brazil pounced on low treasury yields to grab $500m from the bond market before year end, reopening its 2019 at a 4.750% yield, the lowest-ever for the issuer and among t...