Latin America

Chile will meet bond investors next week ahead of a proposed local currency issue that will be available to offshore buyers.

Standard Chartered bank has hired two people to cover macroeconomics in the Americas.

Colombo-Canadian oil and gas company Frontera Energy has returned to primary markets for the first time since it was called Pacific Rubiales with a five year non-call three trade.

Investment company AllianceBernstein says it is focused on the development of the AT1 market beyond the large European banks, as it launched a new financials fund.

There has been no relief rally in Colombian bonds after right winger Iván Duque eased to victory in Sunday’s presidential elections, as tricky boarder conditions outweigh the positives for the South American country.

Brazilian mining giant Vale has launched its third tender offer of the year, this time targeting the longer part of its dollar curve.

Developing markets investment bank Exotix Capital has continued its recent expansion and made three new hires to its global equity team.

The North American Development Bank (NADB) will hold meetings in Geneva and Zurich to discuss a debut Swiss franc green bond, as the possibilities for arbitrage grows for international SSAs.

Despite receiving one of the largest IMF bail-out packages in history, Lat Am bankers are sanguine on the outlook for Argentine DCM activity this year. They say this is as much to do with the broader weakness in emerging markets as it is to do with Argentina’s economic recovery.

The North American Development Bank (NADB) will hold meetings in Geneva and Zurich to discuss a debut Swiss franc green bond.

Officials from Ecuador met investors in New York this week and while the programme was billed as a non-deal related investor update, analysts say that a deal is expected later this year.

One of HSBC’s co-heads of Latin American DCM has left for Scotiabank.