Latin America

EM bond investors were treated to a second issue from a Cosan subsidiary in two days on Wednesday as Raizen, the fuel distributor and sugar and ethanol producer, reopened its 5.3% January 2027s.

Brazilian railroad operator Rumo tightened pricing sharply on the first green bond from Latin America in the coronavirus era on Tuesday, as bankers said that the environmental label gave investors more options over where to place the bond.

Banco Internacional del Perú (Interbank) sold a $300m subordinated bond on Tuesday on the back of a 2.5 times subscribed order book, just two business days after its largest domestic rival sold $850m in the same format.

Brazilian railroad operator Rumo, which Fitch believes should only suffer a “limited” impact from coronavirus, is preparing what would be the first green bond from Latin America since the pandemic hit.

Mexican real estate investment trust (Reit) Fibra Uno will monitor markets as it continues to look for liability management opportunities after pulling a proposed Reg S-only trade last week, the company’s capital markets vice-president has told GlobalCapital.

Peru’s largest commercial lender Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) raised $850m of 10-year non-call five tier two bonds on Friday, offering what some bankers saw as a slim pick-up to its senior debt on the back of a nearly four times subscribed order book.

Two of Mexico’s best-rated issuers eased through bond markets this week, even as the country faces ever-worsening economic forecasts, while bankers said Latin America’s top names could issue multiple times this year.

Banco Internacional del Perú (Interbank) joined its larger peer Banco de Crédito del Perú (BCP) in the new issue pipeline on Thursday as it announced plans for a new tier two deal

Uruguay’s management of the Covid-19 pandemic — so far, superior to the majority of crisis-hit Latin America — helped it issue $2bn-equivalent of bonds on Wednesday with a very slim new issue premium on its inflation-linked peso notes and a negative concession on a dollar tap.

Bolivia will be forced to abandon plans to raise crucial funding in bond markets, the country’s public credit head has told GlobalCapital, after its Congress passed a bill that requires the government to seek approval from the legislative branch on the terms of the issue, amid a tense political climate.

Mexican real estate investment trust (Reit) Fibra Uno pulled a proposed dollar Eurobond issue on Wednesday as investors said they believed the issuer may have underestimated the importance of the bid from US Qualified Institutional Buyers (QIBs).

Uruguay raised $2bn-equivalent of debt on Wednesday — the bulk of which came from a rare inflation-linked local currency issue — to become the final investment grade Latin American sovereign to tap international bond markets in the coronavirus era.