Brazil
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...
2012-01-27Finance
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...
2012-01-19Finance
CFW View: Multinational drugmakers are increasingly seeking expansion in Latin America to reduce their dependence on the slow-growing markets in Europe and the US. The region's two...
2012-01-17Finance
France's Total, Norway's Statoil and Denmark's Maersk Oil are among the firms expected to bid for Anadarko Petroleum's Brazilian assets, the Financial Times (FT) reported on January...
2012-01-16Finance
The times they are a-changin' in South America. With the volume of equity capital market (ECM) issuers from regional heavyweight Brazil in decline, the stage has been set for others...
2012-01-11Finance
Increased international interest in the Brazilian biscuit sector looks to be pushing local producers to consolidate their operations, with local market leader M. Dias Branco announcing...
2012-01-05Finance
CFW View: The news that Argentinean steel maker Techint Group has bought a 27.7 percent voting stake in Brazil's second largest steel producer Usinas Siderurgicas de Minas Gerais (Usiminas)...
2011-11-29Finance
Chile-based retailer Cencosud has announced the acquisition of Brazilian supermarket chain Prezunic in a deal worth BRL685.7mn. The move builds Cencosud's market share in the state...
2011-11-21
