Latin America

The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) is holding investor calls until Tuesday as it looks to sell a debut social bond in dollars.

The Argentine province of Salta will in the coming days launch a restructuring offer that already has the buy-in of 40% of its creditors. Yet Buenos Aires, the country’s largest sub-sovereign issuer, is testing bondholders' patience after nine months in default.

Car rental company Movida became the third Brazilian company this year to sell a sustainability-linked bond when it raised $500m of 10-year debt with a coupon step-up linked to carbon emissions on Thursday.

Argentine oil and gas company YPF triggered a rally in its bonds this week by improving the terms of a proposed debt exchange that bondholders had initially rejected. Yet if the amendment was a sign of pragmatism from the government owned issuer, investors hardly saw it a reason for cheer, and yet another government related default is still on the cards.

Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) offered the ideal combination of a safe haven on a volatile day and a positive yield in a low rates environment to notch its largest ever euro benchmark on Thursday.

Sustainable bond issuance has made its strongest start to the year ever, thrusting the market towards what most observers believe will be a year when many records will be broken — especially in north and south America, where environmental and social consciousness is rising. Jon Hay, Mike Turner and Oliver West report.

GlobalCapital is delighted to announce the nominees for this year’s Americas Derivatives Awards.

Colombian state-owned oil and gas company Ecopetrol said it would issue new debt and equity to fund a proposed takeover of the government’s 51.41% stake in conglomerate ISA (Interconexión Eléctria), should the finance ministry accept its offer.

Latin American development bank CAF (Corporación Andina de Fomento) will pick either a five or seven-year maturity this week as it prepares its first benchmark in euros since May 2020.

Argentine oil and gas company YPF’s bonds rallied on Tuesday as markets acknowledged several improvements to terms on the company’s attempt to exchange all of its $6.228bn international bonds for new notes. But analysts were still undecided as to whether the amended offer would be enough for YPF to meet the necessary acceptance thresholds.

Mexican financing and leasing company Unifin Financiera returned to bond markets on Monday for the first time in 18 months, garnering sufficient demand to push the yield on its new $400m eight year into single digits.

Car rental company Movida is looking to become the third Brazilian company this year to issue sustainability-linked bonds (SLB), just two weeks after its parent company issued a similar instrument.