LatAm Bonds

JSL, the Brazilian logistics company that has been able to improve its cash flow generation despite Brazil’s worst ever recession, raised $325m of bonds due 2024 on Wednesday on its international bond debut.

Questions have arisen, after S&P dumped Chile’s banks’ double-A ratings, as to whether this marks the end of the affair with the country for Swiss investors too. With two banks slashed to single-A, Swiss Bond Index rules could stunt the blossoming relationship between Swiss investors and Chilean FIG debt.

Peru’s efforts to make its domestic bond curve Euroclearable appeared to pay dividends on Monday after 70% of demand for its first deal in the format came from non-Latin American investors.

Latin America’s best-rated sovereign, Chile, has slipped a notch with Standard & Poor’s as the rating agency said the country’s vulnerability to external shocks had increased.

Chilean retailer Cencosud’s new 10 year bond drifted wider in secondary markets on Thursday after bankers placed its new issue premium in the single digits.

Bond investors expect Peru to be able to successfully issue in nuevo soles next week as it wraps up investor meetings ahead of a planned Euroclearable local currency deal.

Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex on Tuesday sold $5bn of bonds that left investors very happy. The curve had widened significantly in the run-up to the deal, but the new bonds popped as much as two points in the aftermarket.

Argentina’s largest province raised €500m of euro-denominated bonds on Thursday after hefty tightening from initial price thoughts.

South American retail giant Cencosud tightened its new $1bn 10 year bond by 40bp from initial price thoughts on Wednesday as it completed a liability management exercise.

Argentina’s largest province has announced initial price thoughts of 6% for a 5.5 year €500m no-grow trade in euros.

A junior member of BBVA’s EM debt syndicate team in New York has left the bank to pursue an opportunity away from debt capital markets, GlobalCapital understands.

Fears over the direction of interest rates had emerging markets bond bankers scrambling to reassure investors and borrowers alike that the EM bull run is far from over. To back them up, they had three deals from high yield borrowers to offer, although one investor is hoping for a bit more widening first.