As the world rebuilds from the pandemic and boosts demand for commodities, Latin America has the potential to supply the world with what’s needed for the energy transition to net-zero emissions. This Q2 2021 issue of LatinFinance magazine examines what must be done to not waste the chance and delves into the large potential for lithium exports as well as the similarly chipper prospects for copper. It also investigates the challenges to finance businesses, takes a look at the growth of the digital payments business in Brazil, and explores the business of catastrophe in Brazil, where insurance-linked securities are expected to gain traction for crop and flood protection as the climate changes.
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The business of catastrophe
Brazil is taking steps to develop its own market for insurance-linked securities, including to cover for the rising risk of floods as the climate changes.
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Digital payments take off in Brazil
PagSeguro, Mercado Pago, StoneCo and other fintechs are betting on growth in Latin America’s largest economy, attracting competition to a market with seemingly endless opportunities for new business.
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Latin American issuers hunker down
The world economy’s rebound from the lockdown is brightening the growth prospects for Latin America Inc., but companies are being financially prudent. The result: few are borrowing. At least for now.
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Copper’s post-pandemic challenge
Record copper prices are at the forefront of a global commodities boom. The economies of Chile and Peru, the world’s largest producers of the red metal, will receive a shot-in-the arm at a vital time, but growing resource nationalism could kill off a long-term blossoming of the industry.
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Latin America seeks to cash in on the shift to electric cars
The lithium sector is poised for rapid growth as surging demand for electric vehicles puts pressure on miners to step up production. Investors are keen to finance projects in Latin America, but a 2018-20 plunge in the price of the metal is a cautionary tale.
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The promise and perils of the rise in commodities prices
Copper, oil and soybean prices are up, and this bodes well for natural resource-rich Latin America. That is, if leaders use the windfall to set their economies up for long-term sustainable growth. They may not.
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Q3 2021 outlook: Loans
Interview with Eddy Lacayo
Managing Director, Head of Corporate Lending in Latin America, BBVA
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Q3 2021 outlook: M&A
A boom in SPAC IPOs in the US market and an emergence in Latin America could provide just what the region’s tech sector needs for growth: capital.