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  • Latin American bond bankers were receiving mixed messages from primary market activity this week as Colombian bank GNB Sudameris cancelled a proposed tier two deal but two other companies notched strong deals.
  • The Province of Mendoza has become the first Argentine province to complete a restructuring of its international bonds this year after a proposal, amended twice, achieved enough backing to trigger the collective action clause (CAC).
  • Suriname, South America’s smallest country, has tabled an amendment to its debt act that includes a request to the finance minister to submit a debt restructuring plan.
  • Colombia will become the first country to ever draw funds from an IMF flexible credit line (FCL), the Fund’s facility for its star pupils. In these exceptional times, Colombia should ignore any stigma associated with tapping IMF funding and be applauded for healthy pragmatism.
  • Egypt this week became the first sovereign issuer in the Middle East and North Africa to issue a green bond. The deal had been delayed by the coronavirus pandemic, bankers said, but it gained considerable traction from investors when it was finally brought to market.
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