(Financial Times) It was bound to happen, it seems. BBVA said earlier this week that it is to sell its Colombian pension fund management business, AFP Horizonte, for about $530m.…
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(Wall Street Journal)–Private equity firm Advent International has found an entry-point into Mexico’s fast-consolidating pension fund sector via the purchase of a significant stake in InverCap Holdings. Luis Solorzano, who…
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December 17, 2012 – Palladium Equity Partners has signed a definitive agreement to sell its portfolio company Wise Foods, Inc. to Arca Continental, S.A.B. de C.V. (BMV: AC). The terms…
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December 18, 2012—IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, is investing up to $14 million in Virgin Mobile Colombia to accelerate the company’s entry into the country’s telecommunications market,…
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The Venture Capital Opportunity in Latin America Over the last year venture capital investors have stepped up their activity in Latin America and moved beyond Brazil to other key markets…
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(Economia y Negocios) December 14, 2012 – Aurus acquires office building assets worth US$125mil from Union Investment (Economia y Negocios) December 14, 2012 – El mayor negocio inmobiliario del año y uno de…
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The expansion of Latin America’s middle class is driving a wide range of investment opportunities for private equity and venture capital firms. Over the last five years, there has been…
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(IFC) December 13, 2012—IFC Capitalization Fund, a fund managed by IFC Asset Management Company, signed an investment in Guatemala-based Banco G&T Continental, a key player in Guatemala’s financial sector with…
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(New York Times) December 6, 2012 – The American private equity firm General Atlantic has agreed to invest $200 million for a minority stake in the Brazilian financial services firm…
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(PEHub) December 3, 2012 – Darby Private Equity, the private equity arm of Franklin Templeton Investments, announced that Darby Latin American Mezzanine Fund II, L.P. (“DLAMF II”) completed an investment…