Latin America
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...
2010-08-24Mexico / 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...
2010-08-18Colombia / 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...
2010-08-06Financing 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...
2010-08-24Mexico
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...
2010-07-14Brazil
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...
2010-06-30Brazil
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...
2010-06-16Mexico
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...
2010-05-12Brazil
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...
2010-05-05Brazil
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...
2010-01-27Brazil
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...
2009-08-11Mexico
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...
2010-08-18Colombia
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...
2010-08-06Brazil
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...
2010-07-21Mexico
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...
2010-07-13Brazil
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...
2009-06-17Brazil
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...
2009-05-19Argentina
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...
2009-02-24Brazil
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
