Manuel Medina-Mora is Citigroup’s third Latin American boss in two years. He faces immense challenges to straighten out the bank’s troubled franchise.
Category: 2004
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Another Wake Up Call
Politicians again are demanding that Mexico’s banks lend more. As the pressure mounts, consumer finance companies are steam-rolling into the market.
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Branching Beyond Home Markets
Caribbean banks are looking for scale as they assume more aggressive pan-regional strategies. Trinidadian players are leading the pack.
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The Power of Pidiregas
Mexico’s off-balance sheet financing scheme got the massive El Cajón dam project underway.
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Fund Rankings
Long-term performance results from Standard & Poor’s, and additional 2003 data from www.latinassetmanagement.com.
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Still a Heavy Hand
Successful modern economies require an enlightened approach to regulation, but the PT and its congressional allies have not shaken off their suspicion of market economics sufficiently to abandon the leading […]
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Still Not Fully Free
The Central Bank of Brazil is the result of a typically Brazilian compromise. It is a quasi-independent department of the Finance Ministry, which means that ultimately it is under political […]
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Gridlock in the Bond Market
Demand from institutional investors in Mexico’s bond market outstrips supply. There are just not enough high-quality bonds around, but this could be changing.