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Market talk: Q3.2019

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Despite initial concerns about a slowdown in the second-half, capital markets participants now express some optimism for the third quarter. Activity in Mexico seen as a k...

Viewpoint: What to watch

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From Ecuador’s renewable energy projects to Chile’s deeper green commitment to new investments in Argentina’s fintech start-ups, recent developments underscore trends in ...

Colombian renewables

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Colombia made some changes to its renewables auction program after the first round failed. They don’t go as far as developers would like. But how power buyers respond wil...

Brazil turns to carbon credits

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Though the Bolsonaro administration has come under criticism for its perceived indifference to climate change, Brazil is about to launch a marketplace for carbon credit c...

Q&A: Banco Inter President João Vitor Menin

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Banco Inter’s president is upbeat about the future as he taps Brazil’s vast unbanked and under-banked market

Innovation in trade finance

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Technology and new tools are quickly reshaping how trade finance transactions are carried out

The lithium rush

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Bolivia is home to the world’s second largest lithium resources but skeptics question the government’s approach

Chile seeks new export markets

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The Andean country is exploring new exports as the US-China trade war deepens and the Chinese economy slows

Investors chase distressed debt

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As the market matures and grows, asset managers are pursuing varied strategies and specializing in different categories of corporate andconsumer debt

Striving for diversity

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Goldman Sachs’ Maria Silvia Bastos Marques, who heads the committee that runs the Brazil operations, says greater inclusivity in top management helps the bottom line

Companies embrace an ESG strategy

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IDB and IDB Invest publish asustainability index of 100 publicly-traded companies that do business in Latin America and the Caribbean and abide by ESG principles. Here ar...

How to gauge ESG returns

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Investors develop elaborate tools to identify the most socially responsible companies and avoid the ones that aren’t

ESG slowly gains traction among investors

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As companies try to respond, they struggle to identify strategies and methods to measure success

Central Bank Governor of the Year: Alejandro Díaz de León  

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Economists and observers say the governor of Banco de México was the most effective of central bankers in managing monetary policy

Profiles of three state-owned companies in Brazil attracting investor interest

Capital Markets Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Equity

BR Mania, Correios, Eletrobras could be among successful privatizations