finance

Is Brazil heading towards a subprime crisis?

By Richard Lim 14 March, 2011

Earlier this week Brazil’s Finance Minister, Guido Matega, beamed with exuberance as he reported that the economy had become the fifth largest in the world, overtaking both the UK and France. Brazil’s output grew by 7.5 per cent... Read Article

Argentina: Life After Default

By Richard Lim 02 August, 2010

The emergence of the Greek sovereign debt crisis in recent months serves as a powerful reminder of how far Argentina has come this decade. Argentina defaulted on sovereign debt (bonds issued by the Government) in 2002, which was... Read Article