Brazil

Whilst European banks are frantically selling off assets; banks in other parts of the world seem less effected by economic woes.

CFW View: The eagerly awaited auction for the concession of three international airports saw an average premium of 347% on the minimum bid price. Whilst the outcome serves as a display... 2012-02-06

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... 2012-01-27

It is not only corporates from the developed nations which have been busy borrowing of late, the loan market has been gathering traction among corporates in the BRIC economies (made... 2012-01-24

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... 2012-01-19

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... 2012-01-17

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... 2012-01-16

CFW View: E.ON's decision to take a 10% stake in Brazilian power company MPX Energia is the first move of a strategy to seek high growth markets to offset domestic and regional concerns,... 2012-01-13

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... 2012-01-11

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... 2012-01-05