While the market-friendly policies of the administration of President Mauricio Macri have been welcomed by international investors and local businesses alike, the prevailing view of initial public offerings (IPOs) has become increasingly bearish.
While the market-friendly policies of the administration of President Mauricio Macri have been welcomed by international investors and local businesses alike, the prevailing view of initial public offerings (IPOs) has become increasingly bearish.
Decades of growth in trade and foreign investment have seen global economies become more interconnected than ever before. This trend has been reinforced by the steady liberalisation of international trade and investment, at the bilateral, plurilateral and multilateral levels. National economic specialisations, and regional economic and...
Once reserved for ambitious start-ups and industry-leading tech operators, financial technology (fintech) has more recently caught the attention of major private sector firms and government planners alike, becoming a regular feature in budget speeches and strategic development plans. As fintech progressively plays a larger part in the lives of consumers, investors have quickly...
In the 15 years preceding President Mauricio Macri’s election in 2015, Argentina progressively distanced itself from global supply chains through the implementation of protectionist measures aimed at aligning economic policies with the government’s political agenda.
The Argentine financial sector has gone through extensive structural change in the last decades in response to a variety of factors, including financial crises, debt defaults, privatisations and regulatory reforms. As in other emerging markets, the number of financial institutions in operation has declined significantly from 723 in 1977 to 110 in 2000. The 2001 economic crisis...
Argentina’s historic issuance of $16.5bn worth of bonds in April 2016 marked the country’s return to the international capital markets after effectively being barred for 15 years. Argentina has had a troubling history in global markets, having defaulted on its sovereign debt eight times since 1816, the most significant being the 2001 default on more than $80bn.
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