Deals of the Year: Latin America pushes boundaries

Mexico, OGX and Cencosud showed that innovative, well-timed deals were possible in spite of market turmoil.

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In 2008, Latin American corporates and sovereigns continued to broaden their activity in capital markets, despite increasingly adverse conditions. In December, Mexico showed guts and ingenuity when it got an impressive $2 billion deal priced in the midst of arguably the worst financial crisis in more than 70 years.

On December 16, the US Federal Reserve cut interest rates to nearly zero, which triggered a tumble in treasury yields.

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