Americas

Energy company Orazul Energy Egenor, the Peruvian arm of Orazul Energía, took advantage of a cash-rich Lat Am bond market and scarcity of Peruvian issuance to sell $550m of 10 year bonds on Tuesday.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) has named four new members to its board of directors.

The European Financial Stability Facility on Tuesday priced a dual tranche deal that bankers are describing as possibly its greatest ever, laying to rest some of its other long dated trades this year that drew criticism. A pair of other issuers have also hit screens in a euro market enjoying what one syndicate head called “probably the best conditions we’ve seen in months”.

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Chilean transmission company Celeo Redes is planning to issue up to $359.2m of senior secured bonds due in 2047, according to rating agencies, after it mandated a trio of banks to lead the deal.

Argentine lender Banco Macro will begin meeting fixed income investors today ahead of a planned fixed rate peso-linked bond.

Morgan Stanley was able to complete a huge €3.5bn offering of senior notes on Monday, adding to a recent €22.5bn debt binge from US banks following first quarter results.

Argentina’s third largest private sector bank has pencilled in the pricing of a $300m-equivalent peso-linked note for May 2, according to a regulatory filing made on Friday.

The week after the IFC and Amundi announced plans for the largest dedicated green bond fund in emerging markets, Brazilian bank BNDES will meet investors ahead of a potential green debut.

The first German building society is poised to enter the Pfandbrief business, two Canadian banks have substantially increased the size of their covered bond programmes and prospective downgrades of NordLB’s covered bonds may not necessarily lead to a spread widening said analysts at Commerzbank, UniCredit and Citi this week.

The success of Argentine province Neuquén’s $366m bond issue on Thursday left bankers confident that the Latin America bond market was more than capable of taking on the flurry of rare and debut issuers coming its way next week.