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• Lat Am’s biggest REIT could continue Mexico run on Tuesday

  

  Fibra Uno, the largest and most diversified real estate operator in Latin America according to Fitch, could price a new dollar deal as soon as Tuesday.

  • 05:15 AM

• CAF notches education bond via PP

  

  South American development bank CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento) has raised $140m of 10 year debt via a private placement that will be used to fund education projects, GlobalCapital understands.

  • 05:00 AM

• YPF return impresses but unlikely to trigger Argie flow

  

  State-owned Argentine oil and gas company YPF became the first borrower from the country to tap international bond markets in 14 months on Monday. Yet despite a healthy reception from investors, bankers do not expect copycat trades from other Argentine issuers.

  • 04:45 AM

• Cielo buy-back gets sky-high response

  

  Cielo, the largest merchant acquiring and payment processing company in Brazil, on Friday wrapped up a consent solicitation and bond buy-back for its global 2022s that will effectively split the note in two.

  • 24 Jun 2019

• Peru set to receive $60m cat bond payout

  

  The calculation agent for a catastrophe bond issued by Peru and the World Bank has determined that the South American country will receive $60m from the notes after an earthquake struck last month, according to a source close to the deal.

  • 21 Jun 2019

• Chile goes green as Andean sovs get busy

  

  Chile’s head of international finance told GlobalCapital that issuing a green bond had helped the sovereign attract new investors used to buying lower yielding paper, making the deal a win-win for both borrower and buy side. It is planning to bring its next green deal in euros.

  • 20 Jun 2019

• ECB makes it worth the wait for América Móvil

  

  Just two months after a dovish US Federal Reserve lured América Móvil to the dollar bond market for the first time in eight years, the Mexican telecoms giant was again able to make the most of benevolent central bank talk on Wednesday as it jumped on a rates rally in Europe for its first euro trade since 2016.

  • 20 Jun 2019

• América Móvil dials up euros on dovish Draghi

  Just two months after a dovish US Federal Reserve lured América Móvil to the dollar bond market for the first time in eight years, the Mexican telecoms giant was again able to make the most of benevolent central bank talk on Wednesday as it jumped on a rates rally in Europe for its first euro trade since 2016.

  • 20 Jun 2019

• Lat Am buyers reach down credit curve in ‘10 out of 10’ market

  

  Mexican lender Banorte became the latest Latin American borrower to clinch new debt with exceedingly tight pricing on Thursday, as bond investors showed their hunger stretched beyond top-rated paper.

  • 20 Jun 2019

• Chile debt head sees win-win from green bond, euros next

  

  Chile’s head of international finance told GlobalCapital that issuing a green bond had helped the sovereign attract new investors used to buying lower yielding paper, making the deal a win-win for both borrower and buy-side. It is planning to bring its next green deal in euros

  • 19 Jun 2019

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