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M&A Hunt South Of The Border

U.S. businesses focus on M&A targets in Latin America.

By staff Writer | Updated on May 02, 2011

When U.S. companies consider acquisitions in the emerging markets, they’re tending to look south of the border. KPMG International’s study of U.S. businesses’ emerging-markets purchases during the second half of last year found that more than 40% involved Latin American firms.

Of U.S. companies’ 116 acquisitions of emerging-markets companies in that period, 48 involved Latin American companies: 21 in Brazil, 17 in Central America and the Caribbean and 10 elsewhere in South America. KPMG cites the healthy growth in Latin America, as well as its natural resources and growing consumer spending.

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