Latin America

Long a major player in hard currency emerging market trading, MarketAxess continues to expand its unrivalled platform in local markets across Latin America. The firm’s focus on innovation and its unique understanding of client needs is generating record growth across products and trading protocols — making MarketAxess a clear winner of Best Secondary Market Trading Platform for Latin American Bonds.

Books built slowly initially, but Argentine energy credit tightened substantially

Bolivia-headquartered bank eyes more yen, Mexico debut after approval of capital increase and new charter

International investors get second chance to buy popular Chilean bank capital as primary pipeline builds

The best banks, issuers, deals and other market participants were awarded at a gala industry dinner in New York

Creative sovereign bond structures should be used for debt sustainability, not short-term financial engineering

Bukele 'dares investors not to believe him' with eye-watering yield and step-up coupon linked to IMF programme

LatAm primary on a roll but investors are fussier down the credit curve

Sovereign pays minimal concession to raise $1.3bn after rally

BTG Pactual, Movida and Nexa start investor calls in the wake of exceptional deals from Millicom, Votorantim Cimentos

América Móvil and its peers deserve praise for soldiering on and developing the next frontier of EM financing

Issuance window opens wide as region jumps on resilient fixed income demand