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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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Argentina officially entered default for the ninth time on May 22 as the grace period expired on $503m of overdue coupon payments. However, there is increased optimism that the sovereign will reach an agreement with bondholders after the largest creditor group said “direct and immediate discussion” was required. -
After nearly two months of persuasion, Mexican petrochemicals company Grupo Idesa received the approval of its bondholders to push out some $300m of international bonds by six years and give major relief to its liquidity situation.
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Argentina is set to enter default on its international debt for the ninth time on Friday, but the sovereign curve performed well this week as investors and analysts say that creditors will continue negotiations well after the grace period on $503m of coupon payments expires.
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Investors say that bond markets are wide open for many Brazilian companies, but even as access to credit has suddenly become a major topic for the country's corporate executives, most of the cash-rich companies they run are shying away from international markets and betting that they will be able to achieve better borrowing terms in the future than are on offer today.
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Ecuador could take useful clues from Argentina’s debt restructuring, said analysts, as it prepares to present an offer to its bondholders having taken decisive economic measures in the past week.
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Only in Argentina could a finance minister claim that default on billions of dollars of bonds constitutes merely an “anecdotal date”.
