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Lorenzo Garavito believes the best investment in Colombia is to bet on the consumer. Retail, restaurants, and grocery stores are all low-risk plays with good returns.

2015 was characterized by economic deceleration and a general market uncertainty attributed to factors such as the Colombian peso’s devaluation, the fall in petroleum prices globally, a higher rate of inflation, the rise in interest rates, peace process negotiations, and the high...

A recent study by Baker & McKenzie looking at cross border M&A activity indicates that such deals should continue to increase over the next three years. According to the study, after a long and stuttering recovery from the 2008 global financial crisis, transactional...

HBI (Helm Banca de Inversion) the independent investment bank belonging to Helm Group, has started 2015 as Colombia’s leading investment bank in the discipline of Project Finance. Currently, the investment bank is working on more than 20 large transactions in sectors such as...

According to a report by Bloomberg, major global and regional banks, both commercial and investment, are looking to increase their stakes and presence in Colombia. Among them, Brasil’s Itaú is said to be purchasing Chilean Corpbanca SA, which recently purchased the majority...