Latin America
Chile / Finance
CFW View: Multinational healthcare companies are seeking expansion in Chile through acquisitions of local distributors to avoid high production costs, which are due to the strict regulation framework and concentrated local distribution channels. Key attractions are Chile's increasing healthcare market size and relatively well regulated business
2012-01-31Brazil / Finance
Norwegian offshore rig provider Seadrill has provided further details on plans originally unveiled in 2011 to launch an initial public offering of shares in its Brazilian unit Seabras...
2012-01-27Costa Rica / Finance
Costa Rican internet service provider Radiográfica Costarricense SA (RACSA) is interested in acquiring pay-TV operator Cablevisión.
2012-01-26Financing Strategies
Chile
CFW View: Multinational healthcare companies are seeking expansion in Chile through acquisitions of local distributors to avoid high production costs, which are due to the strict regulation...
2012-01-31Brazil
Norwegian offshore rig provider Seadrill has provided further details on plans originally unveiled in 2011 to launch an initial public offering of shares in its Brazilian unit Seabras...
2012-01-27Costa Rica
Costa Rican internet service provider Radiográfica Costarricense SA (RACSA) is interested in acquiring pay-TV operator Cablevisión.
2012-01-26Brazil
CFW View: Brazil's infrastructure sector suffers from a lack of access to private capital. The industry has become over-reliant on the state development bank (BNDES), creating an unsustainable...
2012-01-19Brazil
BMI View: Brazil Pharma's intial public offering (IPO) will be successful and we expect many institutional investors to purchase stakes in the company, which differentiates itself from...
2011-06-22Brazil
News: France-based entertainment and telecoms group Vivendi secured approval from the Brazilian Administrative Council for Economic Defence (CADE) on March 23 2011 for its acquisition...
2011-03-28Chile
In the prelude to the integration of stock exchanges in the Andes, activity in Santiago is already starting to heat up. Indeed, Chile is regarded as something of a rising star in the...
2011-02-01Chile
Chilean supermarket chain Supermercados del Sur is considering launching an initial public offering to fund expansion. The firm is owned by Latin Private Equity firm Southern Cross...
2011-01-14The restructuring of the UK financial services industry is ongoing. This week saw lender HSBC join the growing wave of British banks spinning-off assets overseas with the disposal...
2012-01-25Argentina
Santiago-based Recalcine (Corporación Farmacéutica Recalcine, CFR) has merged its two Argentine operations, Fada Pharma and Northia, to form Laboratorio Internacional Argentino....
2011-07-25Mexico
Mexican soft drink bottler Grupo Embotelladoras Unidas (Geupec) has struck a deal with PepsiCo that will see the two firms merge their Mexican bottling and distribution facilities....
2011-07-20Peru
In the view of BMI's freight desk, the Peruvian judge's decision to allow DP World to bid for the concession to operate the port of Callao's Muelle Norte terminal could hinder the development...
2011-01-11Brazil
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
