Latin America

Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras issued a new long 10 year of more than $4bn via an exchange offer on Monday and the note immediately jumped above par.

Moody’s upgraded the Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) from A1 to Aa3 on Wednesday, paving the way for the multilateral lender to approach traditional dollar SSA investors.

Minera México, the largest subsidiary of Southern Copper Corporation, priced flat or inside its parent company’s curve on Thursday as investor appetite for Mexican credit shows no sign of easing.

Brazilian lender Banco Votorantim found ample demand for a dual tranche issue on Tuesday after waiting nearly two weeks from the end of its roadshow to announce a deal. Compatriot food company BRF could now bring a deal a little quicker having concluded its own investor meetings.

Brazilian state-owned oil and gas giant Petrobras will issue a new long 10 year of over $4bn after existing bondholders agreed to participate in an exchange offer that will see them swap old notes for a combination of cash and new paper.

Mexican state-owned oil company Pemex found plenty of follow-through demand in secondary markets as all three tranches of its $7.5bn bond issue traded up on the break.

Minera México, the largest subsidiary of the Southern Copper Corporation, will hold investor meetings this week as it looks to join the slew of Mexican credits taking advantage of benevolent bond markets.

Avianca took a step closer to drastically improving its liquidity profile after 86.4% of its bondholders agreed to participate in a bond exchange that could unlock up to $250m of new funding from United Airlines and the Colombian firm’s second largest shareholder, Kingsland Holdings.

Alpek, the petrochemicals business of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Alfa, sold a $500m 10 year bond on Wednesday at the tight end of expectations to become the latest in a line of Mexican issuers to tap the primary market in September.

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras is looking to push out bond maturities and reduce its debt stock with an exchange and tender offer, as companies from the country take advantage of strong market conditions to reprofile their liabilities.

Mexican oil company Pemex is set to “defend its ratings” with an imminent new issue, bond exchange and buy-back to be partially funded by a capital injection from the government.

Alpek, the petrochemicals business of Mexican conglomerate Grupo Alfa, sold a $500m 10 year bond on Wednesday at the tight end of expectations to become the latest in a line of Mexican issuers to tap the primary market in September.