The BNDES has in the past two years ascended to a new role in the Brazilian economy.
Category: 2009
Posted inMagazine
Best Bank Chile: Honing Profitability
Santander Chile, the country’s largest and most profitable bank, has perfected the art of retail, which it claims is more challenging to run, but also more lucrative.
Posted inMagazine
Boutique Banking: The Niche That Keeps Growing
Specialist providers of investment banking services have attracted top quality talent in the downturn. The challenge is maintaining momentum as markets revive.
Posted inMagazine
Best Bank Argentina: Banking the Provinces
Banco Macro has risen to the top of Argentina’s private sector through a series of fortuitous and well timed acquisitions, in particular of struggling state banks in the wake of the 2001 financial crisis.
Posted inMagazine
Infrastructure & Energy Awards Results
The crisis has thrown many essential long-term infrastructure projects for a loop. Despite this, higher quality projects have gotten done and the pipeline is creeping back to life.
Posted inMagazine
Brazil Sovereign Bond Issuance Focus
Showing high grade restraint, Brazil seized LatAm liquidity with a trailblazing long-dated reopening. It is opportunistic and wants to strengthen dollar and real benchmarks.
Posted inMagazine
SPONSORED GUIDE: LatAm Exchange Offers
by Ricardo M. Gonzalez, Partner, Mayer Brown LLP, and Jeffrey Susskind, Associate, Mayer Brown LLP Many companies in Latin America are facing significant challenges in refinancing or servicing their outstanding […]
Posted inMagazine
Brazil Economy: Too Much Stimulus?
Brazil’s rebound is impressive, though government intervention creates distortions that must be addressed. The election cycle destabilizes the operating environment.
Posted inMagazine
SPONSORED GUIDE: Financing Brazil’s Oil Boom
By Guilherme Forbes, Partner, Souza Cescon Advogados Since Petrobras put together its first limited recourse financing to develop the Marlim field as part of its efforts to increase production beyond […]
Posted inMagazine
Brazil Equity: Good Days, Bad Ways
Brazil is firmly back on the world equity map, following a slew of blowout deals. Some fear a return to the reckless conditions of 2007, and investors are wary.