About LAIFEX

At present there is no central platform to clear and settle locally denominated trading in Latin America. The new Latin American International Financial Exchange - LAIFEX - will be the central trading and exchange facility, housed in the Independent Financial Centre of the Americas, to facilitate primary and secondary debt trading between Latin American countries, between the Americas, and globally. It will access a market in excess of US $ 2.94 trillion of annually traded regional debt (source: EMTA 2004 Annual Survey) - accounting, in 2004, for 63.2% of trade in emerging market debt (WFE). LAIFEX will include a private exchange where members can apply for seats, and the IT platform being custom-built for the centre can service a regional stock exchange to give companies from around the world access to new capital.