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It will be better for all in the long run if Venezuela can prioritise domestic spending over debt repayments
◆ Venezuela embarks on historic debt restructuring ◆ Canada suggests covered bond boost ◆ European Secured Notes are here. Regulate them
It is not clear what needs to be restructured, and the coming debt analysis may lack credibility
The outcome from a fiscal policy perspective is 'binary', said an emerging markets debt investor
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  • The Inter-American Development Bank has published a report promoting the use of covered bonds as a funding tool for green developments in Latin America and the Caribbean. But it remains to be seen whether risk-averse covered bond investors are ready to take the plunge into emerging markets — particularly given regulatory hurdles in the swaps market.
  • Chilean copper miner Codelco is having trouble persuading existing note holders to part with their paper, after printing $2bn of new debt at record low yields in September.
  • Crisis-hit countries that go through a painful debt restructuring programme as part of a bailout enjoy much steeper cuts in their medium-term debt, according to an independent analysis of International Monetary Fund rescue programmes.
  • Brazilian ECM has surged this year, thanks to a belief in president Jair Bolsonaro’s plans for the economy. Brazilian corporates have taken advantage of investor excitement to raise more than $15.4bn in equity financing over the first three quarters of 2019. But this could be just the start, with a wave of privatisation also possible.
  • Latin America equity and bond investors have been left to consider the cost of political volatility in Peru, after the relationship between the country’s president Martín Vizcarra and its congress completely broke down on Monday.
  • Promigas, the Colombian natural gas distribution company, is hitting the road with a debut senior unsecured dollar bond offering.