Bogotá — The outlook for corporate investments in Latin America remains cloudy in the midst of persistent inflation and still high interest rates, which has been reflected in a drop of at least 20% in M&As to July.

Investor confidence has not fully recovered and risk aversion persists in emerging markets, so both the number of M&A transactions and the capital mobilized have suffered.

So far this year up to July, a total of 1,757 M&A transactions were registered in Latin America for an aggregate amount of $45.3 billion, according to figures from TTR Data and Datasite.

This meant a drop in the number of transactions of 20%, while the capital mobilized contracted by 34% with respect to the same period in 2022, according to the report.

Source: Bloomberg Línea