The Latin American nation has gone all-out to rebuild its natural environment over the last three decades, with great results – now it needs the rest of the world to pay attention.
Using a model of up-front financing for large one-off projects, project finance for permanence may be the mechanism that can help reach the goal of 50% of the planet’s natural areas being protected in perpetuity.
Deforestation – and the cattle farming that largely drives it – has caught the world’s attention.
International investors remain cautious, despite a strong performance in deal activity this year.
The Latin American country has proved to be a solid improver in Euromoney’s global risk rankings – although it’s not without its immediate challenges.
Three-quarters of fund managers that responded to a recent Bank of America Merrill Lynch survey think that Mexico is going to lose its investment grade status.
Road testing the likely economic and financial policies come the October general election.
One country showed the way forward for Latin American sovereigns nearly 35 years ago.
Investors expect a radical transformation in Brazilian financial services in the next five years: this enthusiasm is depressing incumbent stocks while driving strong valuations for start-ups.
The country’s poverty is in marked contrast to the relative affluence of its neighbours.
The tensions caused by Bolsonaro’s policies, and his indignation at the criticism, are nudging-up his nation’s investor risks.
Banorte CEO says market will be 'surprised' by what comes next for the bank; fintech growth unlikely to impact bank growth in the short-term.
The locals in Brazil are enjoying their home-field investment banking advantage.
Argentina is about to default; again.
When Mauricio Macri won the last presidential election in 2015, the future for Argentina’s banks looked rosy: a spate of international debt and equity deals confirmed the optimism.
Country risk analysts are less than enthused by the weak economy and slow pace of reforms, as government policy provides more questions than answers.
Bradesco’s digital bank start-up has grown rapidly and is already looking to leave the bank’s existing corporate structure.
Success for pensions reform in the Congress – the long-held litmus test of Brazilian recovery – has buoyed asset prices and led to a flurry of activity.
The rapid fall in interest rates in Brazil, from a peak of 14.25% in 2016 to 6.5% in February 2018, created expectations among analysts that the biggest banks’ famously high net interest margin was finally about to be eroded.
The bank has retrenched, rebranded and grown since 2015.
