Brazilians boot up for pre-WC issuance

Bond investors and bankers covering Latin America from the US may not pay too much attention to the football World Cup, but may find unexpected out-of-office replies from Brazilian and LatAm borrowers when the tournament starts on June 12.
With this in mind, three Brazilian issuers — Odebrecht, Banco do Brasil and Rio Finance Oil Trust — are meeting investors and could issue bonds before the World Cup gets underway.
“This is part of the pre-World Cup rush,” said one head of LatAm origination. “There will always ...Already a subscriber? Login