Despite a growing anti-ESG backlash, clean-energy projects in Latin America continue to attract capital — but only when they can promise strong, hard-currency returns.
Author Archives: Rodrigo Amaral
Posted inDaily Brief
Infra platforms helping LatAm tackle financing challenges
Vehicles that combine different infrastructure projects are a promising development for the sector’s future, bankers and investors say
Posted inNew Magazine
LatAm Investment: A New Order
The global economic anxiety triggered by US President Donald Trump’s trade war and ongoing geopolitical tensions in Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East is adding fresh shine to the […]
Posted inMagazine
Q3 – LatAm Investment: A New Order
The global economic anxiety triggered by US President Donald Trump’s trade war and ongoing geopolitical tensions in Asia, Eastern Europe and the Middle East is adding fresh shine to the […]
Posted inMagazine
Local Currency Debt: Into the Deep
Latin American corporate bond issuance is expected to remain healthy this year after a good 2024. Issuers, however, may increasingly tilt toward the local debt markets as a rise in […]
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LatAm Banking: The Long Recovery
Talk about long COVID. Almost five years after the coronavirus disrupted the world, its effects are continuing to affect banks in Latin America. In Chile, Colombia and Peru, banks have […]
Posted inDaily Brief
BBVA builds team for investment banking push in Brazil
Spanish bank sees large potential for growth in international and local deals, official says
Posted in2024 Q4
Infrastructure Finance: In with the new
Private companies are finding ample opportunities – and good returns – in two infrastructure sectors that have years of growth ahead of them: data centers and water.
Posted in2024 Q3
Credit Markets: Feeding Frenzy
With US interest rates expected to ease this year, investors are piling into new issues from sovereigns and corporates alike, while taking stock of stalling reform agendas across the region.
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Corporate Governance: Cleaning House
In early 2023, the disclosure of a major accounting scandal brought Brazil’s capital markets to its knees. A BRL20 billion (then $3.9 billion) hole found in the books of Americanas, a traditional retailer, caused banks to close their credit spigots, slammed the Ibovespa stock index and, for a couple of months, turned investors away from Brazilian securities.