Colombia

Colombia’s second largest lender, Banco de Bogotá, was able to tighten pricing on the tap of its existing tier two bonds by 30bp on October 28 as bankers said the issuer had attempted to generate strong demand with very generous initial price thoughts.

NN Investment Partners has added two new hires to its emerging market debt teams in New York and the Netherlands.

Colombia’s dollar bonds slumped on Monday despite a rally in oil after the country shocked observers and pollsters by voting to reject a proposed peace accord between the government and Farc guerrillas.

Bank of America Merrill Lynch has hired former Credit Suisse fixed income sales banker Jose Hernandez-Ortiz as senior vice-president on its EM Lat Am solutions desk, GlobalCapital understands.

Banco CorpBanca Colombia is holding a roadshow in Taiwan alongside the US for a $200m two year syndicated loan.

Colombian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production said on Monday that it expects to close a restructuring that would see bondholders and private equity firm Catalyst Capital take control of the firm in the week of October 3.

Gulf supply remained the dominant theme in CEEMEA bonds again this week as markets reopened in buoyant mood after Monday’s US holiday.

Wednesday’s announcement from Colombia’s government that it had successfully concluded peace talks with the FARC guerrilla group after more than 50 years of war comes just as the sovereign lines up a prefinancing issue in dollars.

Colombia’s dollar bonds did not budge on Wednesday after the announcement of a successful conclusion of four years of peace talks, but investors and analysts said the news was crucial for the approval of a tax reform needed for the sovereign to maintain its credit rating.

DCM bankers covering Colombia said they expect the South American sovereign to issue in the autumn despite announcing on Tuesday it would increase local market bond sales by Cp8tr ($2.74bn) this year.

Colombian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production’s board of directors said on Monday night that it continued to prefer Catalyst Capital’s original restructuring proposal, which could be approved in a Canadian court on Tuesday, to an alternative bid made last week.

A last minute bid by O’Hara Administration to interrupt Colombian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production’s restructuring with Catalyst Capital offers sweeter terms for creditors but may struggle to find support among bondholders.