Latin America

Pampa Energía, the fast growing Argentine energy company, is looking to sell $500m of convertible bonds in an extremely rare structure for a Latin American issuer.

Less than a month after it removed the negative outlook on Brazil’s Ba2 rating, Moody’s has edged state-owned oil giant Petrobras closer to the double-B territory it occupies with other rating agencies.

Brazilian energy company Petrobras has kicked off global syndication for a $1bn facility, which it is borrowing through its overseas arm Petrobras Netherlands.

After a glut of provincial supply, investors were treated to a debut Argentine corporate this week, as three other Latin American corporates brought deals.

Latam Airlines emerged with pricing for a new seven non-call four year senior unsecured dollar bond on Wednesday at the end of a four day roadshow.

Argentinian supply resumed on Wednesday as Tarjeta Naranja and Province of Tierra del Fuego both kicked off pricing on new dollar deals.

Global investment firm Stanhope Capital has appointed Mexico’s former finance minister to its advisory board.

Mexican textiles producer Grupo Kaltex is on track for a dollar market debut after wrapping up an international roadshow on Tuesday.

Further dollar issuance from Argentina could emerge as early as today after two borrowers from the country wrapped up roadshows on Tuesday.

Argentina’s second smallest province is readying a dollar denominated bond, looking to become the 13th sub-sovereign authority to issue since the government exited default a year ago.

Panama plans to raise $1bn on the international bond market as part of an investment drive to underpin economic growth and shrug off the impact of recent financial scandals.

The largest McDonald’s franchise operator in the world attracted a super-sized $2bn of demand for a deal of just $265m on Thursday as investors said the allocation bun fight left them wanting more Big Mac bonds.