IFR Special Reports

IFR Latin America Special Report 2016

One step forward, one step back: While it has been Argentina that has grabbed the bulk of the recent headlines after finally reaching an agreement with holdout bond investors, there is much more to Latin American capital markets.

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Stories in Special Report

Under a shroud

Declining investment opportunities and contrasting fortunes for the regions countries are making for a difficult market backdrop.

Rehabilitation of an outcast

Argentina’s placation of holdout investors could propel it back to the forefront of the bond markets.

The Toilet Paper Economy

The declining price of oil means Venezuelan president Nicolas Maduro is unlikely to survive if there is a bond default at the end of the year.

Living in limbo

Petrobras is heavily indebted and mired in scandal, so can the Brazilian bellwether extricate itself from its tricky position and restore both confidence and riches?

Mexico looks to MLPs

Attempts to boost infrastructure spending take inspiration from US model

Building the future

Latin America is in urgent need of more infrastructure funding but regulation is constraining commercial banks’ ability to provide it. Step forward the development banks, which have been financing the sector for decades and must fill the vacuum left by the retreat.

Reversal of fortunes

Ecuador faces financing setbacks just two years after returning to the international bond markets.

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