Brazil

Fitch said on Tuesday that there would be “no respite” for Latin American corporates in 2017 after record high defaults this year, although not all bond investors share the rating agency’s gloom.

Things may finally be looking up for Odebrecht Engenharia e Construção (OEC), the engineering and construction arm of Brazilian conglomerate Odebrecht, after it came to a leniency agreement with Brazilian, US and Swiss authorities regarding its involvement in the Lava Jato corruption scandal.

Pulp and paper producer Suzano has sold its second green bond and the first in Brazil’s domestic markets.

Pulp and paper producer Suzano has sold its second green bond and the first in Brazil’s domestic markets.

Brazilian steel company Usiminas, which restructured its bank loans and domestic debt in September, has said it will attempt an exchange of its dollar 2018 bonds, which were not part of the restructuring.

trueEX, the interest rate swap trading platform, claims to be the first swap execution facility to execute dealer to client Brazilian real interest rate swaps.

The vice-president of the New Development Bank, Paulo Nogueira Batista Junior, tells GlobalMarkets how his institution is lending on projects and issuing green bonds in line with the increasing concern with environmental issues

There are signs of resistance from bondholders struggling to see the value in primary bond deals, but Latin America’s new issue market marched on this week with three corporates issuing on Thursday.

Brazilian cement company Votorantim Cimentos (VotoCim) began meeting fixed income investors on Thursday ahead of a potential bond issue that will be used to buy back one or two existing euro-denominated notes.

Brazilian cement company Votorantim Cimentos (VotoCim) will begin meeting fixed income investors on Thursday ahead of a potential bond issue that would be used to buy back up to two existing euro-denominated notes.

Bondholders owning some 71.11% of Brazilian meatpacker Minvera’s 7.75% 2023s agreed to tender their paper by the earlybird deadline of September 14, the issuer said.

Brazilian telecoms company Oi lost its chief financial officer and investor relations head on Monday as bondholders looked unlikely to accept the issuer’s proposed restructuring terms.