Central America

Mexican non-bank lender Unifin printed $250m of perpetual non-call seven subordinated notes on Wednesday after bankers were pleasantly surprised by the strong participation from large institutional accounts, despite the small size of the deal.

Unifin Financiera, the Mexican non-bank lender, is likely to sell a $200m subordinated perpetual bond during New York business hours on Wednesday after announcing price talk on Tuesday.

Mexico’s president has proposed a new — but familiar — director of public credit amid a reshuffle at the country's finance ministry. The move was triggered by the resignation of deputy finance minister Vanessa Rubio, who will coordinate the market favourite’s presidential campaign.

Crédito Real, a Mexican consumer finance company, is set to debut in the Swiss franc bond market in the coming weeks.

After Latin America made a record start to 2018, bankers expect primary supply to keep flowing at a strong pace —despite investors already fretting about the tight pricing on new deals.

Four Latin American corporates priced a total of $3bn of new debt on Thursday, as investors said they were grateful for the chance to get their hands on new paper but not overly enthused about the yields on offer.

Mexico issued in euros for the first time since 2016 on Tuesday, coming tight to its dollar curve and wrapping up its external funding for needs for the year already.

Mexican non-bank lender Unifin Financiera is plotting a subordinated perpetual deal, according to bond market sources, after Peru’s Interbank became the latest Latin American financial name to issue on Wednesday.

Bankers following Mexico’s second trade in less than a week said that the sovereign had managed to price its euro deal impressively tight to its dollar curve as the government wrapped up its funding needs for the year.

The United Mexican States has released price guidance on its first euro bond for over a year.

The head of Mexico’s public credit office told GlobalCapital that the Latin American sovereign had been particularly keen to set a strong precedent for the country’s issuers after it kicked off a potentially volatile year with a $3.2bn blowout dual-tranche.

A new dollar benchmark could be on the cards for multilateral lender Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei), the bank’s CFO told GlobalCapital, as the issuer looks to increase its appeal to traditional SSA investors by gaining double-A ratings.