1988 headquarters new york & miami with correspondents in s o paulo mexico city bogot lima buenos aires beijing key people taimur ahmad ceo katie llanos small editor in chief dominic o neill news editor slogan the news that moves markets website www.latinfinance.com latinfinance written as single word with an upper case l and f is a provider of financial markets intelligence on latin america and the caribbean . it publishes a magazine latinfinance and an early morning daily news alert the latinfinance daily brief and runs a data intensive web site and a series of networking events comprising discursive conferences and educational seminars . latinfinance also organizes private round tables focused on narrower more specialist topics meetings with senior members of the governments of latin america or the caribbean and capital introduction events for issuers from the region and investors in inter alia new york boston london zurich abu dhabi hong kong mumbai and beijing . founded in 1988 and published from new york and miami with a network of correspondents across latin america and the caribbean latinfinance has covered banking and capital markets in the region for over 25 years . it is primarily focused on debt equity structured finance syndicated lending and multilateral financing and on the practical application of these products in finance and or investment by sovereign sub sovereign financial and corporate issuers and portfolio private equity and hedge fund investors . it also covers secondary trading tracks people moves within the financial markets of latin america and the caribbean explores legal issues impacting those markets and examines the business of banking and the role of banking technology within the region . contents 1 history 2 ownership and management 3 products 4 readership and circulation 5 external corporate relationships 5.1 the world economic forum 5.2 world fund 6 notes and references 7 external links history edit the magazine latinfinance was first published in october 1988 . its initial editorial objective was in large part to explore and document the changes and opportunities in latin america brought about as a result of the latin american debt crisis sovereign defaults and subsequent brady plan of the late 1980s . during this period latinfinance was primarily focused on debt covering banks attempts to reduce their exposure to ldc debt sovereigns efforts to restructure their debt and raise fresh capital through amongst other things privatization and the secondary markets activity that grew from this . latinfinance s september 2008 cover by oliver weiss the editorial focus and readership of the magazine expanded rapidly to encompass debt equity forex and emerging financial products including derivatives and structured finance products and to examine the practical application of these products by sovereign sub sovereign financial and corporate issuers as well as their role in areas such as infrastructure and project finance m & a and financial risk management . over time travel wine and art were added to the magazine s coverage and by the mid 1990s it was being described by the new york times as the glossy magazine that fills the coffee table niche among titles covering business in latin america . 1 for a while latinfinance even carried a regular if short lived japanese language section . though the company organized several events and published some books through the end of the 1990s latinfinance s business was predominantly magazine publishing with both revenues and profits derived primarily from advertising sales and magazine subscriptions . the period following the argentine economic crisis and default in early 2002 proved especially challenging for latin american financial markets and those active in them . latinfinance s performance in its 2002 financial year slumped to the worst in its then 15 year history though it remained profitable and was even able to consider though ultimately to reject suggestions that it absorb the two other pan regional business to business titles . from 2003 latinfinance embarked on a new strategy to diversify from its core magazine by accelerating the expansion of its events and seminars and to deepen and broaden its coverage through investment in and a realignment of editorial notably replacing its entire editorial staff and moving editorial from miami to either new york or into latin america thus enabling the launch of electronic news and data products . during this period latinfinance refocused on its core finance and investment subjects ceasing for example publication of its longstanding annual corporate travel guide . concurrently latinfinance s editorial broadened into an explicit aim to examine the drivers and direction of movements of capital into out of and around latin america and the caribbean as they happen wherever those flows come from or from where ever they are directed . therefore in addition to latin america and the caribbean latinfinance is now active in the major financial centers of north america and europe as well as in newer centers for capital provision including the gcc india and china . latinfinance 20th anniversary celebrations times square new york latinfinance has won numerous editorial awards 2 and on its 20th anniversary in 2008 was honored by nasdaq for its contribution to the evolution of the capital markets of latin america and the caribbean . 3 in september 2011 latinfinance launched an equity index in association with management & excellence the madrid and s o paulo based consultancy . 4 ownership and management edit latinfinance is the trade name of latin american financial publications inc. a wholly owned subsidiary of euromoney institutional investor plc eii plc a uk based ftse 250 media company itself controlled by daily mail & general trust plc. in addition to latinfinance eii plc is the parent of over 100 other titles including the global capital markets magazine euromoney and institutional investor . products edit latinfinance publishes the magazine latinfinance and an early morning daily news alert the latinfinance daily brief . it runs a data intensive web site www.latinfinance.com home to its league tables and deal pipeline and a series networking events comprising discursive conferences and educational seminars . latinfinance the magazine is issued six times each year . in addition to analytical features it runs a series of respected and widely reported polls and awards including its annual deals of the year 5 man of the year 6 and the latinfinance banks of the year 7 and several surveys most notably a respected series ranking the sustainability of the region s banks 8 and companies in association with m & e a madrid and s o paulo based consultancy . 9 latinfinance events include a number of geographically defined conferences and product or market defined educational seminars that take place in latin america and the caribbean in the major financial centers of north america and europe as well as in newer centers for capital provision including the gcc india china and the asia pacific . president uribe of colombia at the latinfinance andean investment forum the latinfinance daily brief was launched in 2007 initially as a free round up of macro and markets news much from secondary sources . it rapidly evolved to favor primary reporting and to deliver short distilled news items before the financial markets open in the americas . it is primarily deal focused and seeks to follow the narrative of a debt equity structured or m & a deal from substantiated rumor through negotiation structuring pricing close and into its secondary market performance . it also covers movements in ratings capital in and out flows and movements of senior and or influential people . the daily brief has broken many news stories some of major significance 10 and often leads with the details of evolving deals . 11 league tables comprise a series of regularly updated underwriting and advisory league tables for debt equity and m & a by size number of deals and fees tracking the performance of investment banks active in the region the latinfinance deal pipeline is a database of upcoming and recently closed latin american and caribbean debt equity and m & a deals including size date pricing tenor . readership and circulation edit latinfinance readers include heads of state finance ministers and heads of public credit heads of retail and investment banks corporate and sovereign issuers leading portfolio managers private equity and hedge fund investors traders and analysts . within latin america and the caribbean the circulation of latinfinance magazine is primarily to issuers sovereign corporate and financial though increasingly also to the evolving local buy side . outside latin america and the caribbean distribution is primarily to institutional investors including hedge fund and private equity investors . 12 the magazine has a bpa audited circulation 12 and a readership of some 55 000 . several thousand additional copies are distributed at events including the world bank and international monetary fund annual meetings the inter american development bank or idb annual meeting and at the annual felaban assembly . external corporate relationships edit the world economic forum edit latinfinance has advised the world economic forum on the latin american capital markets and finance content of its meetings and chaired panels at the world economic forum on latin america . 13 world fund edit latinfinance has a long established relationship with world fund the new york based charity focused on improving education across latin america . world fund has been latinfinance s preferred charity since 2006 . 14 notes and references edit a boom in latin business reading new york times september 19 1994 latinfinance wins in tabpi single issue category nasdaq honors latinfinance http www.management rating.com gol announces its latinfinance best equity deal of the year award as reported to the sec february 2005 alan garcia fue elegido hombre del a o el comercio march 15 2008 innovation makes ifc best multilateral of the year ifc news november 6 2007 sustentabilidade bancos brasileiros lideram em governan a em regi o valor september 11 2008 m & e and latinfinance sustainability studies and rankings bovespa says bm & f merger may make sense latinfinance reports bloomberg december 21 2007 vale see its loan spreads gap out portfolio february 5 2008 a b bpa audited circulation the world economic forum on latin america world fund external links edit latinfinance official site idb imf & world bank felaban world fund retrieved from https en.wikipedia.org w index.php title latinfinance & oldid 737812192 categories american business magazineslatin americamagazines established in 1988news agencies based in the united states navigation menu personal tools not logged intalkcontributionscreate accountlog in namespaces article talk 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