The fallout from the pandemic and huge withdrawals from Chile’s pensions fund have kept corporate issuers on their toes Chile’s powerful pension fund administrators (known as AFPs) are the lifeblood […]
Author Archives: Tom Azzopardi
Posted in2020 Q1
COUNTRY FOCUS: WINDOW OF OPPORTUNITY
Chilean companies are stepping up their activity in the bond market months after bloody street protests and despite lower forecasts for economic growth Editor’s note: We set out to cover […]
Posted in2022 Q4
CHILE’S ECONOMY: DOWN, BUT NOT OUT
The rejection of a new constitution has calmed the markets, but the once-tiger economy faces new challenges ahead. A landslide defeat of Chile’s proposed new constitution has raised hopes among […]
Posted in2022 Q3
GREEN HYDROGEN: THE FUTURE FUEL
Green hydrogen is quickly emerging as a solution to both climate change and energy security in the developed world, and Latin America has the potential to deliver heaps of supplies. […]
Posted in2022 Q2
TELECOMS INFRASTRUCTURE: SPENDING ON THE NEXT GENERATION
With data use surging in the region, telcos are forking out big money to build infrastructure. Their financing needs are only going to grow. When the world went into lockdowns […]
Posted in2023 Q1
FINTECH REGULATION – CHILE: A FINTECH HUB?
With the approval of a law to regulate the sector, Chile’s fintechs are coming of age. The country’s sophisticated financial industry, high level of financial inclusion and gung-ho start-up culture […]
Posted inMagazine
Chile’s fizzling markets force corporates to turn abroad for finance
The withdrawal of almost $50 billion from Chile’s powerful pensions funds has dealt a blow to the country’s capital markets. Can it recover the goal of becoming a financial hub for Latin America?
Posted inMagazine
Race to the Sun
Will ambition and sunshine be enough to realize Chile’s hydrogen dream?
Posted inMagazine
Pension plan no panacea in Chile
The fallout from the pandemic and huge withdrawals from Chile’s pensions fund have kept corporate issuers on their toes
Posted inMagazine
Chilean companies increase bond issuance
Chilean companies are stepping up their activity in the bond market months after bloody street protests and despite lower forecasts for economic growth