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Issuers struggle over what concessions investors will require
Issuance in March was never going to be hefty after a record start to the year
Government borrowing costs are rising on local and international markets, and credit ratings are falling
Sovereign also added $300m to a long-dated dollar note
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Two days after cancelling a tender offer that it had planned to finance with a private placement, Brazilian engineering and construction firm Andrade Gutierrez has launched an exchange offer seeking a similar result. -
Yield-hungry bond investors helped the Republic of Panama to a $1.3bn dual-tranche bond that bankers judged offered little new issue premium, even as rating agencies issue warnings about a deteriorating fiscal picture in the country.
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Brazilian engineering and construction firm Andrade Gutierrez has cancelled the buy-back of its bond maturing in 2021 after failing to sell a new five year bond, saying it expects to announce a revised transaction soon.
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South American sovereign Suriname is looking to raise $150m of 18-month debt in bond markets to fund the transfer of a dam that the government believes can significantly improve public finances. But the issuer’s only outstanding international bond is tumbling in secondary markets, say investors.
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Some Brazilian bankers may be dumbfounded that their country and its highly unpopular president is considered a safe haven, but hope that Latin America’s sleeping giant is on the cusp of an upswing is driving demand for the country’s issuers amid social unrest elsewhere in the continent.
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Mexican cement company Cemex attracted nearly $4bn of orders on the way to a first dollar deal in three years on Tuesday. Bankers said the company’s active debt management was gaining a strong following.
