March 2010
March 2010
The banking industry’s key challenge remains to stabilize its own sources of finance. Regulators and creditors have pressed banks to build their deposit gathering and extend the term of their market borrowings, with some policymakers calling for levies on non-deposit borrowings.
March 2010
Global and regional financial crises have provided Latin America’s corporate executive with stark evidence of benefits of good corporate governance and risk management.
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After a year that turned out better than anyone could have expected, 2010 began with a new bout of nerves on financial markets.
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Volume figures released during February confirm further increases in FX flow.
March 2010
It has been described as a jewel in Citi’s crown, but it may be merely the most valuable component of an ailing empire. A new management team needs to restore its leadership in Mexico. Chloe Hayward reports from Mexico City.
March 2010
Latin America can be proud of coping well with the crisis but IDB delegates will also need to prepare for upcoming problems.
March 2010
When president Kirchner issued a decree in December requesting $6.6 billion of central bank reserves to pay outstanding debts, more than money was at stake. The bank’s very independence was under threat. Its governor, Martin Redrado, refused to play ball.
The ensuing stand-off between Argentina’s most powerful person and its most important financial official threatened to snowball into a full-blown constitutional crisis. Luckily it didn’t as Redrado managed to stave off the government’s attempts to grab the reserves, although at a cost to his own career.
In an exclusive interview with Euromoney he gives the inside story of those tumultuous weeks when his credibility and that of his institution were on the line. It’s a riveting insight into one of the toughest jobs in the financial markets and details the machinations of Argentine politics under the leadership of Cristina Kirchner. Sudip Roy and Chloe Hayward report.
March 2010
Big-ticket public deals still get most of the attention. But as the region’s markets mature, investment bankers are focusing below the surface. Their most profitable catch will be found in the local markets of credit, equities and commodities. Chloe Hayward reports from New York.
March 2010
Rich in resources, light on infrastructure and newly politically stable, Colombia is a prime target for private equity investment – and it’s not just international firms that are getting in on the act. Jason Mitchell reports.
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Banco Safra is the largest bank in Brazil that is still wholly family owned. Patriarch Joseph Safra is now 70 and his bank is on the verge of a new era as it passes to his three sons. Chloe Hayward reports on the challenges they face.
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