Best Managed Companies in Latin America 2011: The price of success

International investor interest in Latin America has intensified scrutiny of the corporate governance and investor relations of companies in the region. Big companies such as Vale, Petrobras and bank BBVA have responded remarkably well to this scrutiny. Rob Dwyer reports.

 

The price of success

How Petrobras struck $70 billion


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MONEY IS FLOWING into Latin America. Investment-grade, emerging market and high-yield investors are all looking to the region for assets and returns. Apart from a few weeks of outflows at the beginning of this year, the region’s equity and fixed-income markets have been flooded with money. So much so that currencies have risen, fears of currency wars have been voiced and governments have changed inward-investment policies.

The focus on Latin America has meant that companies have been able to generate interest from investors as never before.

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