Andean market mergers set growth agenda

The merger of the Peruvian and Colombian stock exchanges will transform the equity capital markets of the Andean region and help them to compete with Brazil for investment, say local experts. Jason Mitchell reports.

IN JANUARY, THE Lima Stock Exchange (BVL) and the Colombian stock exchange (BVC) signed a memorandum of understanding to combine the two companies that run the exchanges. Both companies’ general assemblies are expected to approve the deal in March, the first cross-border merger of two exchanges in Latin America.

The creation of a single company is separate from the move to create a single index, called Integrated Latin American Markets (Mila), made up of the main companies that trade on the BVL, the BVC and Chile’s main bourse, the Santiago Stock Exchange (BCS).

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