Latin America News

Exclusive: B3 - Foreign providers have taken the Brazilian market to a different level

Latin America | Industry

19 Nov 2019 by Pablo Conde

The Brazilian market is moving from a plain vanilla set up dominated by local banks to a ‘very different and competitive’ market.

Mexico Market Review – September 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

25 Oct 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Six hundred and eighty-seven products with aggregated sales volume of MXN23.9 billion (US$1.2 billion) had strike dates in September – in line with figures for the previous-month, when the volumes stood at MXN24 billion (from 737 products).

Deutsche appoints Americas head of global products & solutions

International | People

24 Oct 2019 by SRP News

The bank hires structured products veteran to develop new products and expand the ESG offering for its wealth management division in the Americas.

Brazil Market Review - Q3 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

18 Oct 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Ninety-two structured retail products worth an estimated BRL6.5 billion (US$1.6 billion) were issued in the third quarter of 2019 in Brazil.

Mexico Market Review – August 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

26 Sep 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

The Mexican structured products market experienced another strong month in August with 736 structures striking – worth a combined MXN24.42 billion (US$1.2 billion) – which adds up to a total of 5,757 products launched over the course of the year.

Mexico Market Review – July 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

28 Aug 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

A total of 878 products worth a combined MXN33.85 billion (US$1.78 billion) struck in Mexico during July, a 34.4% increase on June. The exchange rate of the Mexican peso against the US dollar remained the leading driver of activity: the currency pair was the underlying in 97% of the investment strategies.

Brazil Market Review - Q2 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

31 Jul 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

The Brazilian market for structured retail products saw 111 new issuances and 703 maturities during the second quarter of 2019.

Exclusive: BBVA Mexico appoints global structured solutions head

Latin America | People

29 Jul 2019 by Pablo Conde

The Spanish bank promotes fixed income solutions executive to take on the structured products team covering Latin America.

Mexico Market Review – June 2019

Latin America | Market Reviews

23 Jul 2019 by Martina Tsvetkova & Marc Wolterink

Six hundred and fifty-three structured products, from six different providers and worth a combined MXN25.4 billion (US$1.3 billion), were issued in Mexico in June. The number of strategies that struck in the first half of the year totalled 4,138, which corresponds to a 134% increase in annual terms.