PE & VC Trends in LATAM

by Bocconi Students PE Club - March 1, 20200

By Adem Abbas and Fabrizio Coccaro Initially posted on the BSPEC blog Introduction Last year, many investors began noticing Latin America for their large private equity and venture capital deals, often backed by the SoftBank group. With 20% of Softbank’s fund portfolio invested into countries such as Mexico and Colombia due to their

Canadian M&A Roundup Dec 01, 2017 – Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Chile, Aricent, ReNew Power Ventures, Noralta Lodge

by William - December 4, 20170

Our previous Canadian Mergers & Acquisitions roundups can be found here. Our previous global M&A roundups can be found here. Target: Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria Chile Industry: Financial Institutions Acquirer: Bank of Nova Scotia Target: BBVA Chile Size: CAD 2.9 billion Consideration: Not Disclosed Sourceof Funds: Not Disclosed Sell Side Advisors: Not Disclosed Buy Side Advisors: Not Disclosed

Best Languages To Learn For Investment Banking – Part III: French, Arabic & Spanish

by Matt - October 21, 2017July 10, 20180

This is a four part series on language in business. In our first article, we outlined the usefulness of knowing an additional language for business – in particular, finance. In our second article, we wrote about why we feel Chinese is the most useful language to learn for work. In

Liberalization of Chinese Markets and Oil

by Matt - May 26, 2017February 19, 20180

Chinese oil production leads to weaker CAD

China is the largest and most relevant market for oil as they are widely considered to be the main anchor of demand growth as consumption rises with an increasingly affluent population. China has looked to modernize various sectors controlled by the state, from banking (liberalization of interest rates, regulation for

Global M&A Roundup May 19, 2017 – Abertis Infraestructuras, Patheon, Bureau van Dijk

by Sara - May 24, 2017May 24, 20170

Target: Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. (BME:ABE) Industry: Infrastructure Acquirer: Atlantia SpA Target: Abertis Infraestructuras, S.A. Size: €15.2 billion Consideration: 74% Cash, 26% Equity Source of Funds: Debt and Equity Sell Side Advisor: Citibank Espana S.A. Buy Side Advisors: Credit Suisse (Italy) S.p.A. and Mediobanca Banca di Credito Finanziario S.p.A. Legal Advisors:

The Economy in Chile

by Matt - April 1, 2017July 10, 20180

Due to anemic Canadian growth in the current economic environment and the foreseeable future, Sell Side Handbook is adopting Latin American coverage and will be discontinuing Canadian commentary This was supposed to be an April Fools joke. It was not very funny. Overview of Chilean Industry and Latin American Business Environment After a