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  • Brazilian lender BTG Pactual will hit the road next week as it looks to capitalise on improving investor sentiment around Brazil, in order to issue a 10 year non-call five Basel III compliant tier two note.
  • Latin America bond investors cheered moves from the US government to up the pressure on Venezuelan president Nicolás Maduro to leave office this week, but a side-effect of sanctions left PDVSA creditors trapped, to the confusion of many. Oliver West reports.
  • Bonds from two of the most important issuers in Latin America sank this week as they neared fallen angel status, but some investors said that there was a danger of overshooting.
  • Ricardo Martínez, Ecuador’s finance minister, insisted a bond the sovereign issued on Monday was necessary, despite credit analysts saying the country cannot sustain issuing at high rates.
  • Pacific Gas & Electric has gone bankrupt with $52bn of debt, blaming forest fires that seared California during 2018. Vale, with $11bn, has been downgraded to the bottom edge of investment grade after its horrific dam burst last Friday.
  • Following confusion over the effect US sanctions against Venezuelan state oil company PDVSA could have on US bondholders, the final picture is growing clearer and the unfurling scene is not a pretty one.