PRIVATE PLACEMENTS. Weston’s superb access to emerging markets institutional investors offers corporations and financial institutions access to the private placement markets as an alternative to traditional bank-sourced funding or public debt markets. The firm has successfully placed substantial amounts of short- and medium-term debt and private equity on behalf of Latin American issuers with its network of investment clients in the US and the region

ADVISORY SERVICES. Weston has developed a pre-eminent advisory service representing the interests of note holders involved in the restructuring of Mexican corporate debt. In addition to acting as a financial advisor to various note holder committees, the firm has also taken an active role in arranging debt-for-debt and debt-for-equity swaps in order to facilitate the financial restructuring of Mexican corporations and financial institutions. The firm also maintains an active presence in the merger and acquisition business across Latin America.

LEVERAGED FINANCE. Weston has been involved in arranging private placements of collateralized senior debt for Mexican industrialists and is experienced in structuring debt packages and financing management buy-outs. In 1992, Weston structured the first leveraged acquisition financing in the form of a securitization of bank shares denominated in Mexican Pesos. The firm is an active player in the structuring and arrangement of margin loans against Mexican local share

LOCAL CURRENCY SECURITIZATIONS. The Weston Group arranges asset-backed financing in the form of securitizations of U.S. dollar and local currency receivables and financial assets. Since 1991, The Weston Group has introduced a number of market innovations including the first Latin American mortgaged-backed bond, the first asset-backed Eurobond guaranteed by a Latin American government agency, and the first and largest securitization of Mexican local currency treasury notes.

Capital Markets

FIXED-INCOME TRADING. Weston Capital Markets Inc. may and has traded globally in Mexican corporate and sovereign Eurobonds, convertible bonds, Brady bonds, derivatives, money market instruments, and other Latin American securities. As an investor driven firm, Weston professionals can usually cross order flow between clients to provide superior execution.

LOCAL MARKET PROWESS. The Weston Group offers clients unparalleled access to Mexican and South American markets. It has built extensive contacts throughout the Latin American financial community through years of doing business in the region. As one of the earliest and largest participants in the Mexican Pagare market, Weston also offers superior access to the market for private-sector Mexican peso debt. The firm has also developed an extensive expertise in the dollar/peso exchange market.