Autumn 2012

INFRASTRUCTURE: On your marks… Brazil gets set for challenges ahead

The country's overall infrastructure investment rate is below that of its peers. Andrew Short explores the case ahead of the World Cup in 2014...

COUNTERPARTY RISK: A shrinking pool

Bank credit rating downgrades are becoming a familiar sight. The importance of Latin America to Spain's largest banks should cause fund managers to reassess...

EQUITIES: Falling flat in SĂŁo Paulo

Brazilian equities have had a difficult 18 months. Nick Fitzpatrick finds that despite a good first quarter, this asset class of the future is...

BRAZIL ECONOMICS PANEL: Fundamental thinking

Growth expectations for Brazil have been revised downwards and the stock market has been volatile. Increasingly, Brazilian growth is linked to China' growth, which...

STOCK EXCHANGES: Losing the monopoly

The Brazil Stock Exchange defends its fees as the regulator considers a reform to bring costs down, reports Nick Fitzpatrick. After Brazil became the “B”...

MILA: Cross-border momentum behind Mila’s success

Juan Pablo Córdoba Garcés, chief executive of the Colombian Securities Exchange, and other market participants, talk to Nick Fitzpatrick about the first year of...

INSIDE VIEW: On their radar

The Mexico Stock Exchange is seeking to join the integrated stock exchanges of Chile, Colombia and Peru, known as Mila. Philippe Carré, of SunGard,...

ASSET SERVICING PANEL: Looking northwards

Latin America's fund managers are experts at domestic equities, while some, and it is suggested the Chileans most of all, have a pan-regional expertise...

INSIDE VIEW: The peculiar Chilean bond market

A history of inflation is one underlying reason why the Chilean fixed income market is so complex today, writes Lorenzo Naranjo, of the ESSEC...

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