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• Lat Am bankers predict quiet week as A team trades up

  

  The two A-rated new issues shown to Lat Am bond buyers last week both traded well on Friday, but it was a different story for the bulk of the region as bankers have little hope of deals during the Thanksgiving week.

  • 04:30 AM

• Bermuda tightens but Lat Am bankers looking to January

  

  A strong bond market return from Bermuda on Thursday did little to cheer Latin America DCM bankers about prospects for the rest of the year as Brazilian paper company Klabin became the latest company from the region to wait after completing investor meetings.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• Gerdau joins Vale in Brazil’s LM drive

  

  Latin American DCM bankers say that continued debt buy-backs by Brazilian companies are creating strong technicals that should put the market in good stead for next year.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• CAF clinches dollar return on tough day

  

  South American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) sold its first public dollar deal in a year on Thursday, raising $750m despite tough market conditions.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• Frontera to test bondholders with aggressive request

  

  Colombo-Canadian oil and gas company Frontera Energy’s attempt to grant itself the power to make larger payments to shareholders is an aggressive move, said bankers as Fitch highlighted it would be a credit negative.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• Analysts see funding challenge in Ecuador

  

  Bond market analysts say that the external financing required by Ecuador’s budget for 2019 will be a tough ask given existing market conditions, as the sovereign’s bonds slump amid a fall in oil prices.

  • 15 Nov 2018

• CAF sets price thoughts on dollar return

  

  South American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is due to price to a first public dollar deal in a year on Thursday, having set price talk on Wednesday.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• MetLife extends revolving loan to impact fund

  

  MetLife, the US insurance company, has made an unusual investment as part of its impact investment portfolio, which has about $200m of assets. It is providing a revolving credit facility to an impact investment fund, to enable it to cope more easily with redemptions.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• Fitch warns on Frontera’s consent solicitation

  

  Colombo-Canadian oil and gas company Frontera Energy’s attempt to grant itself the power to make larger payments to shareholders is an aggressive move, said bankers as Fitch highlighted it would be a credit negative.

  • 14 Nov 2018

• Colombia hires DB economist to head DMO

  

  Just over 100 days since Ivan Duque took office as Colombia’s president, the South American country has appointed a new head of public credit and national treasury.

  • 14 Nov 2018

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