LatAm Bonds

Mexico City on Wednesday became the largest city — and first city in Latin America — to sign the green bond pledge, a declaration seeking to encourage governments and companies to use green finance.

As the market waits for Brazilian banks to launch the first covered bonds out of the country, market participants from the country say it provides the lenders with a useful new instrument. But whether they can reach investment grade status in euros or dollars depends on currency risk mitigation, according to a Moody’s official.

Owners of Barbados’ international bonds on Tuesday issued a scathing rebuke to the government’s restructuring process, in response to the island nation’s domestic debt exchange.

French bank Natixis has hired Benito Berber as chief economist for Latin America as it builds out its platform in the region.

Brazilian state-owned development bank BNDES is looking to buy back up to $1.65bn of existing debt after launching tender offers for two dollar bonds.

Investors’ eyes are on the Middle East this week as a slew of borrowers bring Sukuk trades to market, but while hopes are high for successful deals, a Turkish central bank rate decision looms large in investors’ minds.

Argentine state-owned oil and gas company YPF is looking to buy back all of its dollar bonds due in December, offering a small premium over face value.

Jamaican telecoms group Digicel has extended the early bird deadline of its distressed debt exchange as it talks to bondholders about its liability management plans.

A positive day for Argentina’s bonds on Thursday did not reverse its inverted yield curve in dollars as analysts say investors are becoming ever more concerned about the country.

Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano’s decision not to announce a deal the day after finishing an investor roadshow this week left bankers wondering exactly which Latin American issuers would find conditions ripe for a new deal.

Jamaican telecoms group Digicel is “undermining” its position with creditors by pushing ahead with a bond exchange that rating agencies have deemed as distressed, Fitch Ratings said.

Bond bankers covering Latin America will have all eyes on Brazilian pulp and paper company Suzano on Thursday as it could become the first company from the region to issue in dollar markets in nearly two months.