...Fitch Ratings recently published a series of special reports benchmarking major Latin American non-financial corporates against U.S. counterparts. Sector comparisons in telecommunications (telecom), industrials, chemicals, packaged foods, protein and retail are included. Emerging market issuers benchmarked across these sectors are mostly investment grade, which enhances capital market access and financial flexibility. Lower leverage and good financial flexibility helps counterbalance differences in profitability, scale, product or geographic diversification, and other sector specific business profile factors....
