Latin America

Both of Brazilian oil giant Petrobras’s new bonds issued last Monday will jump to jumbo size after the response to the company’s exchange offer surpassed the expectations of many market participants.

Brazilian water and sewage company Aegea Saneamento e Participações is looking to raise $400m via its debut international bond issuance, according to rating agency reports.

Nearly 95% of holders of Latin America oil and gas company GeoPark’s $300m of bonds due 2020 agreed to sell their paper as part of tender offer, the issuer said on Thursday evening.

Brazilian oil giant Petrobras appeared to have timed its return to bond markets to perfection on Monday, but an underwhelming secondary market performance left some investors disappointed.

Two Mexican chemical manufacturers announced roadshows this week, with both Mexichem and Cydsa planning to wrap up meetings on September 26.

Argentine finance minister Luis Caputo said that Argentina would issue two further international bonds in 2017 although it will likely avoid the dollar market, where it has raised over $9.5bn of funding so far this year.

Mexican cement company Cemex and Chilean electricity name Colbún both launched tender offers of existing bonds this week, planning to buy back old notes with cash.

A strong aftermarket performance by the latest debut international bond from an Argentine province should encourage more local governments to follow suit.

Corporate issuer debuts and long awaited sovereign market returns have given emerging market investors an array of trades to look at this week, surprising some who thought they were in for little more than watching the US Federal Open Markets Committee meeting on Wednesday.

Mexican cement company Cemex will look to buy back as much of its 9.375% senior secured 2022s as possible after announcing a tender offer for the bonds.

Mexico chemicals company Mexichem is planning a return to international bond markets, according to syndicate bankers, as part of its acquisition of Israel drip irrigation firm Netafim.

Central American development bank Cabei’s acting head of capital markets is moving to Washington, DC to become lead funding officer at the Inter-American Investment Corporation (IIC) in the treasury division.