ChileDay Madrid Opened Its Second Edition With Four Ministers and a Capital Markets Bill
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Key Facts
- —The date Monday, 14 September 2026, at a hotel in central Madrid, running into an evening reception.
- —The organisers InBest Chile together with Chile’s finance ministry. ChileDay’s president is Cristobal Torres.
- —The delegation Four ministers plus the central bank president, Rosanna Costa.
- —The attendance More than 700, on the organisers’ own count. A preview on 11 September said more than 400.
- —The pitch A capital markets deepening bill, plus energy, infrastructure and mining.
- —The catch This is the second consecutive Madrid edition, not a new destination. London follows on 16 September.
Spain is Chile’s third largest foreign investor. That is why the roadshow now stops here every year.
ChileDay Madrid opened on Monday, 14 September 2026. It is the second consecutive edition of the roadshow held in the Spanish capital.
That last point is worth establishing first, because the event is being framed as a new departure. The first Madrid edition was on 12 September 2025.
Who Organises It
The event is run by InBest Chile together with Chile’s finance ministry. ChileDay’s president is Cristobal Torres.
It is not organised by the Santiago stock exchange, a description that has circulated. A Spanish bank is among the sponsors rather than the host.
The ChileDay Madrid programme ran from morning through to an evening reception. London follows on 16 September, and the two legs have different emphases.
Previous editions have been held in New York and London. Madrid is now a fixed leg alongside London rather than a one-off.
The Delegation
Four ministers travelled, which is more than usual. Jorge Quiroz took finance and Daniel Mas economy, development, tourism and mining.
Ximena Rincon covered energy and Louis de Grange public works and transport. That is an unusually broad delegation.
Rosanna Costa, president of the central bank, also attended. This is the first edition with three sectoral ministers alongside finance.
That composition tells you what is being sold. Energy and infrastructure sit at the centre of the Madrid programme.
The Capital Markets Pitch
The headline reform is a capital markets deepening bill known in Chile as MK4. Quiroz described the current market with a memorable image.
He called it a whale in a fishbowl. The point is that Chile’s institutional savings are large relative to the instruments available domestically.
He set out three pillars. Freedom in permitting, returns on investment, and fiscal sustainability.
He defended the government’s corporate tax cuts and said the fiscal adjustment is focused on current spending. That is a distinction Chilean business audiences follow closely.
Capital markets reform is weighted more heavily in the London programme on 16 September. It was pitched in Madrid, but energy and infrastructure led there.
The Attendance Figure
Organisers put attendance above 700, and that number has been repeated widely. It is an organisers’ count with no independent verification.
A preview published on 11 September said more than 400 were expected. Whether the number grew or the estimate was conservative is not established.
Either way it should be attributed. Record attendance at an investment roadshow is a claim made by the people who convened it.
Why Madrid
Spain is Chile’s third largest foreign investor. The stock of Spanish direct investment is put at around US$20bn to US$20.7bn.
It is concentrated in energy, telecommunications, banking and agricultural technology. Spanish mining concessions in Chile are valued at more than US$8bn.
Chile’s own investment agency reports a portfolio of US$65.7bn across 463 projects at the end of 2025. Of that, US$16.2bn is in execution.
Those figures explain why ChileDay Madrid exists at all. A roadshow goes where the existing investors already are.
What Was Not Said
Coverage has described a copper-specific pitch to Spanish investors. No source establishes one.
Mining is on the agenda and Chile is the world’s largest copper producer, so the subject was unavoidable. A separate copper presentation is a different claim and is not supported.
The domestic backdrop is less comfortable than the Madrid programme suggests. The government’s approval rating stands at 34% and unemployment at 9.5%.
Copper prices also fell on Monday, dropping 1.37% in spot terms for a fourth consecutive decline. The peso weakened past 957 to the dollar, its weakest since October 2025.
A roadshow selling Chilean assets in Madrid on the day the peso hits an eleven-month low is an awkward coincidence. It is also the ordinary condition of investment promotion.
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Frequently Asked Questions
What is ChileDay Madrid?
An investment roadshow organised by InBest Chile with Chile’s finance ministry, held in the Spanish capital on 14 September 2026. It is the second consecutive Madrid edition.
Who attended from the Chilean government?
Four ministers, covering finance, economy and mining, energy, and public works and transport, plus the president of the central bank.
How many people attended?
Organisers said more than 700. That is their own count, and a preview on 11 September had said more than 400.
What was pitched?
A capital markets deepening bill known as MK4, alongside energy, infrastructure and mining opportunities. Capital markets reform is weighted more heavily in the London leg on 16 September.
Why Spain?
Spain is Chile’s third largest foreign investor, with a direct investment stock of around US$20bn concentrated in energy, telecommunications, banking and agricultural technology.
Sources: The ChileDay official agenda, Chocale, La Razon of Chile, El Diario de Madrid, the Chilean customs chamber and El Debate.
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