Americas
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Mexico’s followed its long awaited return to dollar bond markets with a solid performance in secondary markets on Friday as the sovereign wrapped up a liability management exercise. -
South American sovereign Paraguay will meet bond investors on Monday and Tuesday ahead of a potential $500m international bond sale.
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FTSE Russell, the global index and data company, has hired Sean Smith as managing director of derivatives licences.
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Mexico issued in dollars for the first time since the US presidential elections on Thursday. Bankers said the sovereign had been able to take advantage of an improvement in market sentiment based on hopes that US president Donald Trump’s policies towards the country might not be as harsh as feared.
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Central American sovereign Belize said on Wednesday that it had received the necessary approval from bondholders to restructure dollar bonds that comprise nearly 40% of its total debt stock.
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Expectations that a bond that already looked expensive will be become even more so helped Bolivia’s new 10 year trade well on the break after coming close to comps on Monday.
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The Argentine province of Santa Fe offered an attractive pick-up to comparable credits, said bond market participants, after it priced its second ever international bond issue on Thursday.
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US President Donald Trump’s administration this week showed it was ready to release its hounds on the post-crisis global regulatory ecosystem, as its nominee to run the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (CFTC) bared his teeth at “excessive regulation”, showing that all the talk of tearing up the rules may soon turn towards action. Costas Mourselas reports.
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Snow storms shut the US market on Tuesday but the Federal Reserve blew it wide open again 24 hours later as credit markets applauded what some termed applauded Janet Yellen’s "dovish hike".
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Argentina is returning to the Swiss franc bond market after nearly 20 years, roadshowing a benchmark bond next week. Success or failure will indicate whether Swiss investors have forgiven Argentina for burning their fingers last time they met, writes Silas Brown.
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Central American sovereign Belize said on Wednesday that it had received the necessary approval from bondholders to restructure dollar bonds that comprise more nearly 40% of its total debt stock.
