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Uruguay did not pay much new issue premium, if any
A normalisation of Argentinian borrower access to markets has helped spur issuance
Issuance in euros by LatAm & Caribbean sovereigns is at record levels
The sovereign priced inside paper of similar maturity from Brazil and Colombia
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Banco Santander Chile has promoted from within to replace its departing head of corporate and investment banking (CIB). -
Uruguay, considered the most promising credit story among Latin America's investment grade sovereigns, raised $1.74bn-equivalent in pesos and dollars on Thursday, becoming the first sovereign from the region to issue local currency abroad in 2021 — as it was in 2020.
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Investors in Latin America are growing increasingly concerned that social unrest in Colombia, where tax reform plans are in tatters and more than 40 people have been killed, is a sign of things to come, with sovereigns facing severe pressure as they attempt to improve credit profiles that have been battered by the coronavirus pandemic. Yet sovereign bond markets are seeing only modest, short-lived sell-offs, given the enormous liquidity still in bond markets.
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The Province of Buenos Aires extended the participation of its restructuring offer for the 16th time this week, but bondholders denied the province's claim that they had requested the extension.
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Mexican food company Grupo Bimbo proceeded with a 30 year bond issue on Wednesday despite a US inflation reading that sent Treasury yields to their widest levels in a month. A strong bid from US investment grade buyers ensured a bumper order book, but some observers were surprised that the issuer had not delayed its deal in the face of a tricky market.
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Inversiones Atlántida (Invatlan), the Central American financial services group that owns the largest bank in Honduras, is looking to raise $300m of senior secured bonds, it told fixed income investors this week.
