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Mexico paid a similar new issue premium for its $9bn deal last week
◆ What has driven this week's record issuance and what might threaten sentiment ◆ Why the Maduro affair is a wake-up call for the EU ◆ Resolving Venezuela's debtberg
New issue premiums were slim for the LatAm sovereign duo
It will take years and huge amounts of money to get Venezuela in a state to restructure its debt
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Bondholders are expected to fight a formal restructuring proposal from the Argentine government that should arrive on Friday and proposes heavy haircuts, say market participants. Argentina’s government appears ready to play hard ball. -
Bond markets handsomely rewarded Peru on Thursday for leading the way in Latin America on economic policy reaction to the Covid-19 crisis, notching its lowest ever dollar funding costs. As Peru’s public treasury director said the deal was to increase already substantial liquidity buffers, Lat Am bankers were left hoping the result would encourage more reluctant issuers.
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The chief financial officer of Banco Santander México told GlobalCapital that the lender had decided to get ahead of a possible surge in demand for credit by issuing the largest ever bond by a Mexican bank on Tuesday.
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The CFO of Banco Santander Mexico told GlobalCapital that the lender had decided to get ahead of a possible surge in demand for credit by issuing the largest ever bond by a Mexican bank on Tuesday. But DCM and syndicate bankers worry that most Latin American issuers are not taking advantage of strong markets to shore up cash positions with the full impact of the Covid-19 crisis still unknown.
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Banco Santander Mexico showed that emerging market investors are willing to deploy cash in a greater range of credits than just sovereigns as it sharply increased the size of a five-year senior deal on Tuesday. But though the new issue concession was in line with expectations, the deal underscored the new reality of funding conditions for Latin America borrowers.
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Though Ecuador’s curve initially sold off on the sovereign’s request to push back debt payments until August, most analysts and investors expect the cash-squeezed country’s bondholders to offer the government flexibility in its time of need — mostly in an effort to avoid something far worse.
