Diego Alejos Financing in Guatemala has seen a recent expansion in the different options offered by financial institutions, national and foreign, to Guatemalan companies. This has allowed Guatemalan corporations to expand their operations by having a wide portfolio of finance products from which to select the most adequate means of acquiring the funds to develop their operations. Traditionally in Guatemala, corporations, both national and foreign, have obtained their financing from Guatemalan financial institutions; they have tended to enter into traditional options such as Lombard credits, syndicated loans and in some cases project finance. However, these options did not meet the funding needs required by corporations. In some cases, the limits imposed on Guatemalan financial institutions by law regarding the concentration of investments and contingencies restricted the funding offered to corporations. In other cases, the financing structure offered to the corporations by the financial institutions did not meet the corporation's needs. This situation changed to some extent with the entering of foreign financial institutions into the Guatemalan financial market, as the limits regarding the concentration of investments were somewhat lessened, allowing for bigger loans and financing.
August 25, 2014