Latin America: Pensions and Investment News and Analysis
Latest news and analysis of pensions, asset management, regulation and trends in Latin America from our award-winning journalists.
Emerging market corporates struggle to sway bond investors
There are mixed views about the prospects for emerging corporate debt, despite the sound fundamentals
Alecta says $75m blue bond investment meets sustainability, risk/return needs
Bond will enable Belize to refinance existing debt at lower cost, releasing $180m earmarked for marine preservation, says Swedish pension fund
Emerging Market Debt: Populism battles ESG in Latin America
Many policies championed by populist leaders in Latin America are in direct conflict with the ESG goals of global investors
AP7, KLP join retailers in urging Brazil to throw out Amazon bill
Proposed law would “encourage further land grabbing and widespread deforestation”, says Norwegian pension fund
Brazil’s allure defies negative signals
Latin America’s largest economy continues to hold the interest of investors despite its poor showing on COVID, the economy and politics
Tyne and Wear pension fund shares in $62.5m class action payout
Preliminary approval given to settlement with Chilean mining company
Brazil ministers meet investors to discuss deforestation fears
Meeting follows open letter backed by many heavyweight investors
ATP resorts to DKK13m divestment after Mexican mining giant fails to engage
Danish pension fund’s fundamental preference is engagement, says ESG chief
PRI hits 500th asset owner signatory ‘milestone’ with Colombian fund
70% of the signatories are investment managers
Institutional investors’ delegation to visit tailings dam communities
Investors hearing ‘radically divergent’ accounts of disasters and follow-up action
APG, LGIM support efforts to halt deforestation in Brazil
Investors signed statement of support after global companies called for buy-side backing
PKA invests DKK250m in Latin America, Africa micro-loans
CEO Damgaard Jensen says investment combines several of PKA’s key goals
Joseph Mariathasan: Argentina’s 100-year bond
Are backers of the South American country’s ultra-long-term government debt being wise or foolish?
Joseph Mariathasan: Venezuela – is the risk priced in?
Venezuela may be a mess, but what counts is whether asset prices reflect the risks
UK public fund to sue Chilean chemicals company
Tyne & Wear pension scheme claims losses of $4.4m due to ‘securities violations’
Latin America best placed to meet global 2°C energy target: S&P
Despite a high carbon footprint, Latin American equities also offer high exposure to renewables
IFRS rejects call for guidance on foreign-currency discounting
Committee recommends use of judgement when discounting using thinly-covered bond markets
AP1, Bpf AVH among investors settling with Brazil's Petrobras
Investors settle with oil company following bribery, fraud scandal
Brazil’s trapped potential
Brazil’s huge market and competitive global companies hold out promise for investors but its economic recovery is being fettered by a political impasse
NGO report attacks pension fund 'land-grab' in Brazil
Sweden’s AP2 says ‘confident’ in due-diligence process
Latin America: The fat of the land
Fertile soil and good water supply – but lagging development – present a compelling opportunity for agriculture investors, finds Stephanie Schwartz-Driver
Latin America: The long road ahead
Quality assets are not cheap, but those prepared to finance greenfield sites in Latin America can be well rewarded for taking diminishing risk, writes Cécile Sourbes
Latin America: Domestic influences
To gain exposure to the domestic story, investors need to dig below the global LBO activity that has dominated the region, finds Joseph Mariathasan
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