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Santander vs BBVA – a tale of two LatAm loan markets

Apr 29, 2013 9:00pm by Pan Kwan Yuk

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Spain’s two leading lenders, Banco Santander and Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria, have long looked to Latin America for growth – and more recently to repair troubled balance sheets at home.

But while Santander has hitched its fortunes on Brazil — now its biggest market, accounting for 26 per cent of group profits last year — BBVA has focused on building up its operations in Mexico. Just last month it announced plans to funnel $3.5bn into its Mexico business over the next three years, and the country last year accounted for more than one-third of its global profits. Continue reading »

Tags: BBVA, Brazil banks, Brazil credit, Brazil-Mexico, consumer credit, Mexico banks, Mexico credit, Santander Posted in Brazil, LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Santander: non-performing loans on the rise in LatAm, too

Feb 1, 2013 1:06am by Pan Kwan Yuk

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Some interesting nuggets in Santander’s full year earning results on Thursday.

While much of the focus has been on losses stemming from property loans made in its domestic Spanish market, investors would also do well to pay attention to rising bad loans in Latin America, a region that now accounts for half of the group’s total profits. Continue reading »

Tags: Santander Posted in Brazil, Chile, LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Homegrown software fuels Mexican exchange’s efficiency

Oct 3, 2012 10:34pm by Adam Thomson

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There were a few nerves jangling at Mexico’s stock exchange last week. One well-publicised reason had to do with the public offering of Santander Mexico, the local arm of the Spanish bank.

The 25 per cent of the company offered to investors raised more than US$4.1bn and was the largest public offering in the history of the exchange, known by its Spanish acronym of BMV. The international portion of the offering, carried out in New York, was over-subscribed five times on an otherwise gloomy day for global stocks. Continue reading »

Tags: BMV, Santander Posted in LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Santander IPO brings out Mexico bulls

Sep 26, 2012 11:28pm by Adam Thomson

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More than simply a successful transaction for Banco Santander, Wednesday’s listing of the Spanish financial institution’s Mexican arm tells a much wider story of Mexico’s somewhat unexpected emergence as a potential investment hotspot in the coming years. Continue reading »

Tags: IPOs, Mexico economy, Santander, Santander Mexico Posted in LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

NYSE: more Santanders por favor

Sep 26, 2012 1:04am by Pan Kwan Yuk

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Banco Santander’s listing of its Mexican subsidiary on Wednesday is likely to provide a welcome jolt for the New York Stock Exchange.

If successful, the IPO – which could see Santander raise as much as $4.3bn via listings in Mexico and NYSE – will be the third-largest in the world this year after Facebook and Japan Airlines.

Alexandre Ibrahim, head of Latin America, Caribbean and Bermuda for NYSE Euronext Listings, believes the Santander listing could just be the tip of the iceberg. Continue reading »

Tags: IPOs, NYSE, Santander, Santander Mexico Posted in LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Santander Mexico IPO: will others follow?

Sep 7, 2012 12:30am by Adam Thomson

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Could Banco Santander’s partial float of its local subsidiary on Mexico’s stock market be the start of a trend? This week, the Spanish-based bank launched a listing of its Mexican arm, which at the top end of its pricing range, would value the Mexican operation at more than US$17bn.

The plan is to list about 25 per cent of the subsidiary – 20 per cent of that on the Mexican stock exchange and the remaining 80 per cent in New York via American Depositary Receipts (ADRs). Continue reading »

Tags: banking, financial services, IPOs, Mexico banks, Santander Posted in LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Latin America: El Dorado for Spain all over again?

Jun 19, 2012 4:10pm by Peter Vanham

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The times when Latin America provided the Kingdom of Spain with all the gold and silver it could spend are long over.

But for two of Spain’s largest banks, BBVA and Santander, Latin America anno 2012 increasingly functions the way the continent’s gold and silver mines did more than 400 years ago: as a base of support and defence at a time of insecurity in Spain. Continue reading »

Tags: banking, BBVA, Santander Posted in Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Global, LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Spain in LatAm: not flying so high

May 1, 2012 11:03pm by Ron Buchanan

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When an avalanche of Spanish capital turned up on Latin America’s doorstep over the turn of the century, naysayers shuddered at headlines that welcomed the “New Conquistadors”. Latin America seemed to many to be a risky bet for Spanish banks, energy and telecommunications companies by comparison with the comfort zone provided by European markets.

Instead, the steady growth of Latin America has provided welcome relief for Spanish companies from the financial turmoil at home. But in recent weeks troubles in the old country have appeared to clip the wings of the Spanish companies in LatAm. A weakened Spain, indeed, seems to have lost political clout in the region. Continue reading »

Tags: LatAm banking, Red Electrica, Repsol, Santander, Spain-LatAm, Telefonica, YPF Posted in Argentina, Bolivia, El Salvador, LatAm, Mexico | Permalink

Santander Brazil: canary in a coal mine?

Apr 25, 2012 10:39pm by Samantha Pearson

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Not so long ago, companies would often attribute their growing profits to the strong performance of their Brazilian unit. Now it seems Brazil is to blame for their losses.

Spain’s Santander is due to report its first-quarter earnings before the markets open on Thursday in Madrid, and the results aren’t going to be pretty. According to Bloomberg estimates, net income likely fell about 22 per cent to €1.64bn from €2.11bn a year earlier.

While write-downs on Spanish real estate will have taken their toll, an expected 23 per cent reduction in earnings in the key Brazilian market will also explain the bank’s losses. Continue reading »

Tags: Brazil credit bubble, Brazil economy, Itau, Santander Posted in Brazil, LatAm | Permalink

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Santander vs BBVA – a tale of two LatAm loan markets

Santander: non-performing loans on the rise in LatAm, too

Homegrown software fuels Mexican exchange’s efficiency

Santander IPO brings out Mexico bulls

NYSE: more Santanders por favor

Santander Mexico IPO: will others follow?

Latin America: El Dorado for Spain all over again?

Spain in LatAm: not flying so high

Santander Brazil: canary in a coal mine?

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