Markets alert to political risk in the economies of Chile, Colombia, and Peru
The economies of Chile, Colombia, and Peru are showing resilience even as the Covid-19 pandemic continues, but their political environments...
August 20, 2021Topic
Fitch Ratings
Colombia loses investment grade after failed tax reform and protests
Colombia loses its investment grade credit rating after the failed tax reform and protests. What it means for foreign investors....
July 2, 2021
Corporate debt: Brazilian companies survive “stress test” – Central Bank report
Brazil's loss of investment grade and the pandemic did not close the capital markets to companies. In five years, companies...
June 10, 2021
InterCement looking at IPO of up to US$1 billion in Brazil
InterCement has hired banks for an initial public offering (IPO) of its operation in Brazil, which aims to raise between...
April 28, 2021
Tired of politicians, Peruvians skeptical ahead of close presidential election
Peruvians will turn skeptically to a close presidential election disappointed by a recurring governance crisis, corruption cases against its last...
April 8, 2021
Emergency aid: Fitch sees room for Brazil to implement modest-sized benefit
Brazil has room to implement a modest-sized new emergency aid, Fitch Ratings' co-head of sovereigns for the Americas, Shelly Shetty,...
February 25, 2021
New Brazilian Bankruptcy Law Is Risk to Corporate Recoveries, Says Fitch Ratings
Brazil’s new bankruptcy law could lower recovery prospects for the debt of speculative-grade Latin American corporates and incentivize distressed issuers...
January 21, 2021
Fitch Revises Peru’s Outlook to Negative; Affirms at ‘BBB+’
The Negative Outlook reflects Peru's weakened government balance sheet, deterioration of policy predictability as a result of congressional passage of...
December 15, 2020
Fitch Downgrades Brazil’s Credit Ratings to Near Junk
Fitch Ratings lowered Brazil’s rating from BBB to BBB-, one grade shy of junk level, while maintaining its outlook negative.
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