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Chile / Finance

Chilean insurance companies are seeking a relaxation of the current caveats on their participation in infrastructure syndicated loans. Any such move by the regulator could certainly unlock precious new capital for Chile's infrastructure debt market. This highlights a regional trend, with pension funds and insurance companies, in Mexico and Colombia and lately Uruguay, also seeking... 2010-08-24


Mexico / Finance

Cable-TV and broadband operator Maxcom is reportedly up for sale, attracting bids from France's Vivendi and Spain's Telefónica. The company, a major player in central Mexico, would... 2010-08-18


Colombia / Finance

BMI View: BP's US$1.9bn asset sale moves the company closer to its US$30bn divestment target as it looks to raise funds to pay its GoM oil spill liabilities. It found a willing buyer... 2010-08-06


Financing Strategies

Chile

Chilean insurance companies are seeking a relaxation of the current caveats on their participation in infrastructure syndicated loans. Any such move by the regulator could certainly... 2010-08-24


Mexico

Mining and rail freight transport company Grupo México took the first step in its strategy of expanding into the infrastructure sector, through an equity investment in state-owned... 2010-07-14


Brazil

Portuguese toll road operator, Brisa, has announced that it will sell its 16.35% stake in Brazilian toll road operator Companhia de Concessões Rodoviárias (CCR). Brisa is expecting... 2010-06-30


Brazil

Brazil's senate approved a bill on June 10 that will allow state-run Petróleo Brasileiro (Petrobras) to acquire rights to 5bn barrels (bbl) of oil reserves from the government and... 2010-06-16

IPO And Privatisation Analysis

Mexico

Mexican mass grocery retailer (MGR) Grupo Comercial Chedraui launched its initial public offering (IPO) on the Mexico City stock market on April 30 2010, making it the first in Mexico... 2010-05-12


Brazil

Spanish major Repsol YPF is planning to sell 40% of its Brazilian assets to fund the multibillion-dollar development of its subsalt reserves. An initial public offering (IPO) of... 2010-05-05


Brazil

The race is on. With the Brazilian economy forecast to face increasing headwinds in 2010, local companies are racing to access the nation's capital markets before the window begins... 2010-01-27


Brazil

The next big IPO to hit the Brazilian market looks set to be Banco Santander Brazil, the Brazilian subsidiary of Spain's Banco Santander. The bank would be the latest in a line of... 2009-08-11

M&A Analysis

Mexico

Cable-TV and broadband operator Maxcom is reportedly up for sale, attracting bids from France's Vivendi and Spain's Telefónica. The company, a major player in central Mexico, would... 2010-08-18


Colombia

BMI View: BP's US$1.9bn asset sale moves the company closer to its US$30bn divestment target as it looks to raise funds to pay its GoM oil spill liabilities. It found a willing buyer... 2010-08-06


Brazil

Mexico-based bread maker Bimbo has said that it would look to pay back up to US$700mn in debt by the end of 2010 to put itself in a position to make acquisitions. The company told news... 2010-07-21


Mexico

CFW believes that the world's largest brewer Anheuser-Busch InBev (ABI) could be set to launch a bid for Mexico-based Grupo Modelo after winning a two-year arbitration case against... 2010-07-13

Top Stories

Brazil

Consolidation in Brazil's retail sector is ramping up as smaller businesses are ripe for takeover and there is no shortage of larger, cash-rich players which are keen to take advantage... 2009-06-17


Brazil

New data from Dealogic shows that targeted Brazilian M&A has reached US$13.8bn in 2009, down a massive 70% from 2008 year to date's record level of $46.7bn. Indeed, thus far 2009... 2009-05-19


Argentina

CFW's prediction of increased consolidation in Europe's infrastructure space (Infrastructure M&A To Hold Up In 2009, CFW, December 2008) played out in a big way this week, with... 2009-02-24


Brazil

In a BRL389.1bn (US$17.7bn) move that will create the largest financial group in Latin America, Brazilian bank Itau confirmed on November 5 that it will acquire its smaller rival... 2008-11-06