Mexico

Grupo Axo, the Mexican fashion retailer, began investor calls on Monday ahead of a possible international bond debut that is being marketed just days after BlackRock made a $45m equity injection into the privately held company.

Mexican food company Grupo Bimbo proceeded with a 30 year bond issue on Wednesday despite a US inflation reading that sent Treasury yields to their widest levels in a month. A strong bid from US investment grade buyers ensured a bumper order book, but some observers were surprised that the issuer had not delayed its deal in the face of a tricky market.

Four Latin America and Caribbean companies sold new issues in the dollar market at very tight looking levels on Thursday, as investors continue to feel pressure to put to cash to work amid extremely high liquidity.

Mexican industrial parks operator Corporación Inmobiliaria Vesta began investor calls on Monday as it looks to become the latest Latin American issuer to join the sustainability-linked bond (SLB) club. Though bankers continue to see LatAm companies obtaining pricing benefits from SLBs, a handful of recent deals are trading below re-offer in secondary.

After Mexican conglomerate Femsa became the first issuer from the Americas to sell a sustainability-linked bond (SLB) in euros last week, Latin America bond origination bankers say they expect the region’s companies to continue to embrace the format.

Chilean miner CAP and Mexican car parts supplier Metalsa on Thursday became the latest in a string of Latin American companies to price dollar bonds not only at the tight end of guidance, but inside the indicated range, as bankers say investors are being coy with bookrunners about their pricing expectations.

The Mexican conglomerate Fomento Económico Mexicano (Femsa) was in the market for sustainability-linked bond in euros on Thursday, marking the latest in a string of innovative trades from the Latin America.

Bonds issued by Mexican payroll lender AlphaCredit lost around half their value on Wednesday after the company revealed a correction in its accounting of derivatives positions would lead to an impairment charge of Ps4.1bn ($206m). Investors and analysts said this would take the non-bank lender’s equity into negative territory, suggesting default was a growing inevitability.

Scotiabank has hired a new head of syndication in New York, GlobalCapital understands.

CMI Energía (CMI), the renewable energy subsidiary of Central American conglomerate Corporación Multi Inversiones, is looking to debut in international bond markets with a senior secured green deal two and a half years after pulling its first attempt.

Mexico cleaned up a chunk of short-term debt maturities on Tuesday with a $3.26bn 2041 bond. The country’s deputy finance minister told GlobalCapital that the sovereign had decided to act fast to issue amid expectations that US Treasury yields will widen further.

Mexico’s deputy finance minister Gabriel Yorio told GlobalCapital on Wednesday that a block of Latin American countries was forming to ensure that the plight of middle-income economies was not forgotten as the world looks for ways to alleviate financial pressures on developing countries.