This article relates opportunity, risk and market reform factors to foreign direct investment (FDI) flows in the 1988-1999 timeframe for seven Latin American countries: Argentina, Brazil, Chile, Colombia, Mexico, Peru and Venezuela. By focusing on the extent of reform in the region, the authors...

Cross-border investment has been a large part of merger and acquisition activity in the Latin American banking sector. Spain and the United States have been the largest investors, participating in almost 70% of the total transaction value. After an explanation of the importance of foreign direct...