FLLA News and Press, Franklin FTSE Latin America From 12/01/20

There was a significant inflow of funds in Brazil's external financial account in October and November for investments in both stocks and fixed-income instruments. The bulk of the recent inflow has come in a “passive” way, and it did not include considerable volume on th...

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Latin American and Caribbean economies need help, but organizations like the IDB are also stretched thin. With Latin America and the Caribbean potentially facing years of difficulties due to the pandemic and related economic crises, attention has shifted to what multilateral institutions...

Investment Thesis Andina Acquisition Corp. III ( ANDA ) (ANDAW) is a LATAM focused SPAC that completed its IPO in January 2019 and originally set the business combination deadline for July 31, 2020. The company announced at the end of June that it has entered into a non-binding letter of i...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Latin America and the Caribbean have become the new COVID-19 global epicenter. The human cost has been tragic, with over 100,000 lives lost. The economic toll has also been steep. The Wor...

Brazil's real  weakens 0.5%  against the U.S. dollar to 4.474 per greenback after the first case of coronavirus was diagnosed in South America's largest country. More news on: iShares MSCI Chile Capped ETF, Aberdeen Chile Fund, iShares MSCI Brazil Capped ETF, Global news and fore...

First appeared at AMERICAS QUARTERLY The outbreak in China has already affected economic sectors in Latin America. Is there more to come? China's economy has come to a sudden stop. Large parts of the country remain in shutdown mode after the end of the Lunar New Year holiday, with nati...

By Alejandro Werner, Director of the Western Hemisphere Department of the International Monetary Fund Economic activity in Latin America and the Caribbean stagnated in 2019, continuing with the weak growth momentum of the previous five years and adding more urgency and new challenges to re...

First appeared at Americas Quarterly Has the U.S. trade war with China been good for Latin America? An increase in Chinese demand for primary products from the region, as well as recent news of production transfers from China to Mexico, might give the impression that it has. But any...

Introduction Most have probably never heard of evidence-based investing. It describes the practical application of objective research performed and challenged by academic experts who have no conflict of interest regarding their results. Evidence-based practice has gained much more traction i...