Mexico
Slim Acquires Controlling Stake in Real Oviedo, El Pais Reports
Billionaire Carlos Slim agreed to invest 2 million euros ($2.5 million) to acquire a controlling stake in Spain’s soccer team Real Oviedo, newspaper El Pais reported today.
Mexico lawmaker introduces bill to legalize marijuana Sherwin-Williams to buy Mexico’s Comex for $2.34 billion Mexico Third-Quarter GDP Rose at Slowest Pace in Over Year Cemex Latam Falls in Bogota After $1.14 Billion Initial Sale Mexican banks invest domestically Mexico: Investors’ New China TransCanada to build, operate Mexican natural gas pipeline; will invest US$1B
Brazil
Top names drop off list of Thyssen Americas bidders
FRANKFURT – Several top steelmakers are sitting out ThyssenKrupp’s auction of its U.S. and Brazilian mills and there appears little interest in the latter, suggesting the German firm may fall well short of its $9 billion asking price.
Eletrobras to take over bankrupt Brazil power utility Cuba opens sugar sector to foreign management Microsoft’s investment in Brazil to spur Rio research boom-execs Telecom Italia looking at GVT, other opportunities Wuhan Steel shelves plans to build Brazil mill A new wave of Brazilian infrastructure investment Brazil’s Itaqui port plans $3.2 billion upgrade Rio Olympics, World Cup at risk with royalty bill, governor warns
Latin America
Paving the Way High-Tech Financial Infrastructure Hits LatAm
Foreign market leaders such as Fidessa, Direct Edge and Navatar are challenging local providers in the race to meet the booming region’s needs. The growth in size and sophistication of LatAm capital markets has both fueled and been fueled by the implementation of high-tech financial infrastructure in the region, as the hardware and software that have been the foundation …
Latin American yields fall further in a warning to bond investors Impoverished Iberians, booming Latin America eye new relations Africa and Latin America Still Fight Vulture Funds More LatAm ETFs Your Broker Forgot to Mention UN asks LatAm firms to grow with social responsibility Private Equity Lures Pensioners as Bond Yields Sink Argentina’s Debt Restructuring Argument Could Be Very Significant For The Global Economy Argentina’s YPF 3rd-Quarter Profit Down 51% on Year at $159 Million Bolivia Returns to the Global Bond Market Chile pension fund-ordered estimate lowers Endesa Latam asset value Chilean regulator to put new limits on pension fund investments Germany’s Solarstrom enters Latin America with 2MW in Chile Colombia opens criminal probe into Interbolsa collapse Colombia’s Interbolsa brokerage to be liquidated Public-Private Partnerships in Colombia: Scaling-up Results Paraguay, Worst LatAm Economic Result of 2012 Peru May Invest About $5.2 Billion in Water, Wastewater Projects Aeropuertos del Peru mulling over opportunities in Brazil and Chile Overseeing Peru’s international appeal at ProInversiónFiled under: Argentina, Banking, Brazil, Chile, China, Colombia, Energy & Environment, Latin America, Mexico, Peru, Risk Management, Aero Space, Africa, Agriculture, Alternative Energy Markets, Argentina, Brazil, Capital Markets, Carlos Slim Helu, Chile, China 中国, Colombia, Commodities, Cuba, Currency, ETF, Fixed Income, Fund Industry, FX Foreign Exchange, Infrastructure, Investment, Latin America, Marijuana, Market Analysis, Merger, Metal, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Risk Management, Spain, Trading System, Wind Energy, World Cup
