Patience and firmness: US economic case and other hopeful ones

There have been some visible shortages of patience as of late. Fiscal, exchange rate, monetary and current account policies plus political tensions have all mixed up under a pessimistic scenario. It need not be the case. The solutions are already in place and their aggregate impact will come sooner or later, but they certainly will. […]

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Some necessary after thoughts about a bubble that was not

A real estate bubble continues to be the consensus reason for the financial crisis the US recently endured and which was later exported to other countries via globalized financial markets. Was there a bubble to justify an incoming depression supposedly comparable only to that one of 1929? Definitely not. If that was the case, how […]

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CAP: still waiting for a clear answer

CAP, a Chilean steel and iron company with a US$ 6 billion market value at present time, has finally completed a strategic financial transaction with Mitsubishi, one of its owners, that has allowed the Japanese group to get a preponderant controlling position in the company. The big question is who gets benefited from it and […]

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Presentación al TDLC: Club de la Pesca o Licitaciones Competitivas

Documento PDF – Presentación TDLC / Cuotas Pesca Documento PDF – TDLC Téngase Presente / Cuotas Pesca

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Chile intangible

Señor Director, Cada cierto tiempo el país vecino de Bolivia vuelve a insistir en un acceso soberano al Pacífico por territorio chileno. Simultáneamente reaparece la posición del otro país vecino del Perú que por el Tratado de 1929 le asiste el derecho a aprobar cualquier cambio soberano en la antigua provincia de Arica, así como […]

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A commercial mall in my backyard: a royalty might be efficient

A recent vote from urban residents within a community in Santiago rejected the proposal to have a commercial mall in its backyard. It was a yes or no vote with no proposed compensations whatsoever. Considering the net benefits residents could receive – compensations over congestion costs-, it might be a mistaken decision from their point […]

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We all want to be fishermen

Per capita income in Chile is close to US$ 15.000, measured under PPP US$. That means we have an income almost one third of that of developed countries. The only way to catch up with them is via consistently improving public policies more than they do in order to make the allocation of resources more […]

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We the People or We the State

Last January Chileans elected a center right government, primarily out of tiredness with left coalition governments that tried to solve too many things on people´s behalf. The winning idea was to empower people and help those that could not afford for a decent standard of living for themselves. After the February quake, it has sometimes […]

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Errado diagnóstico, errada solución

Señor Director, Lamentablemente el Gobierno exageró la pérdida del stock de capital del terremoto y ahora quiere tomar medidas tributarias en función de ese error. De los US$ 30.000 millones iniciales, cerca de US$ 10.000 millones se explicaron luego como el lucro cesante y otros gastos que implicaba el terremoto. Ahora el Banco Central corrige […]

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Presentación a SVS por Operación CAP / Mitsubishi / CMP / INVERCAP

1. Los directores de CAP e INVERCAP han negado en el pasado la existencia de algún acuerdo de actuación conjunta, incluso a solicitud de la propia SVS. Sin embargo, en el Resumen del Pacto de Accionistas y en el Pacto de Accionistas a ser suscrito en CMP entre CAP y Mitsubishi se dice que ambas partes […]

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CAP: falta dilucidar el tema de fondo

El 10 de marzo pasado la Junta Extraordinaria de Accionistas de CAP SA (CAP) aprobó la transacción con Mitsubishi sobre su filial minera y más importante activo CMP, transacción que previamente la unanimidad de los directores de CAP ex Mitsubishi había aprobado el pasado 9 de febrero.  En dicha Junta, cerca de un 81% dio […]

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De la sombra a la luz urbana

El drama social causado por el reciente terremoto en la zona central de Chile es lamentable y esperanzador a la vez. Lamentable por la pérdida de vidas y destrucción de viviendas e infraestructura, esperanzador porque nos recuerda que la vida no termina con la muerte en esta tierra y que la ciudad a reconstruir puede […]

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CAP e INVERCAP: del control, operaciones relacionadas y quórum

Antecedentes: 1. CAP e INVERCAP son sociedades anónimas abiertas. 2. El 10 de febrero de 2010 CAP anuncia que su Directorio aprobó la oferta de Mitsubishi (MCI), que describe equivalente a US$ 924 mm para asociarse en su filial minera CMP con un 25% de su capital, y señala que citará a Junta Extraordinaria de Accionistas para […]

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Comentarios al Pacto de Accionistas sobre CMP entre CAP y Mitsubishi

A solicitud de la Superintendencia de Valores y Seguros, CAP S.A. (CAP) hizo públicas ayer las características generales del Pacto de Accionistas que se suscribiría entre esta sociedad y MC Inversiones Limitada (MCI), relacionada al grupo Mitsubishi, a celebrarse sobre la filial minera de CAP, Compañía Minera del Pacífico S.A. (CMP). La anterior subscripción del […]

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Carta enviada a la SVS por operación CAP S.A. / Mitsubishi

Sr. Guillermo Larraín Ríos Superintendente de Valores y Seguros Presente Referencia: Operación CAP / Mitsubishi Estimado Señor Superintendente, A raíz de la reciente aprobación por parte del Directorio de CAP S.A. de la operación propuesta por M.C. Inversiones Limitada (MCI) para pasar a ser accionista de Compañía Minera del Pacífico S.A. (CMP), agradecería que la […]

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Codelco: back to the People

Codelco, the state copper mining company, has a controversial history in Chile. The company was born out of an outright expropriation of foreign mining companies that gradually took place between 1966 and 1971, with minimal compensation paid to its owners. Later on, newly implemented market reforms would not consider returning its assets to their previous […]

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Operación CAP/Mitsubishi requiere OPA

La administración de CAP hasta ahora ha rechazado la competencia de terceros distintos a Mitsubishi – que tiene sobre un 19% de su capital – para invertir en la matriz de sus yacimientos mineros, CMP. De hecho, se ha seguido avanzando en un proceso de negociación exclusivo que apunta, según lo informado por la Sociedad, […]

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Caso CAP

Señor Director: Las palabras del presidente de CAP, Roberto de Andraca, reproducidas por Diario Financiero el 7 de diciembre, confirman el peor escenario posible para CAP en esta etapa de negociaciones con uno de sus más importantes socios: que se niegue de antemano a una licitación competitiva por el aumento de capital de CMP. O […]

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Iraq’s oil contracts: a smart move

In 2003 US forces, mostly allied with British ones, toppled Saddam Hussein’s government. Five years later, the “surge” strategy gradually enabled an internal pacification process that has been under way ever since, allowing institutions to reasonably work again and awaken its economic apparatus. Six years later, Iraq is finalizing agreements with foreign firms to increase […]

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Campos de Hielo: why redefine them after an agreement reached 111 years ago?

Chile has two great ice masses in its southern Patagonian territory that give birth to important rivers and lakes: Campo de Hielo Norte and Campo de Hielo Sur. The first one has an area close to 4.200 square km; the second one, an area close to 13.900 square km. The first one is entirely Chilean, […]

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