Bloomberg Puente, an Argentine investment bank and brokerage, is looking to expand its international reach with plans for an initial public offering in 2017. The company, which seeks to sell a stake of about 20 percent through the IPO, may consider holding the offering in London or New York, company officials said on Thursday. Puente also announced that Emilio Ilac ...

Bloomberg CPFL Energias Renovaveis SA, Brazil’s biggest renewable-energy generator, will invest 1.5 billion reais ($400 million) in renewable energy this year even as the country is hit by the worst economic crisis in decades. The Sao Paulo-based company will keep growing, organically and through acquisitions, Andre Dorf, CPFL Renovaveis’ president, said by phone from Sao Paulo. “We will invest in ...

Bloomberg Colombia became the fourth Latin America country this year to take advantage of lower borrowing costs in Europe by selling debt denominated in the single currency, helping push euro bond sales from the region to a record €10.8 billion in the first quarter. Colombia sold €1.35 billion ($1.5 billion) of 10-year bonds to yield 3.875 percent. That’s down from ...