South America

Lat Am DCM bankers said that Uruguay had done a fine job of convincing investors to buy into its inflation-busting story after the sovereign issued its first ever nominal global peso-denominated bond.

Latin America’s best rated sovereign Chile will follow up this week’s euro and dollar bond issues with a local market trade targeted at international investors as it looks to build out its peso-denominated curve.

Meatpacker Minerva sold the first Brazilian cross-border bond since renewed corruption allegations against Brazilian president Michel Temer shook the market last month, tapping its 2026s for a further $350m.

Latin America’s best rated sovereign, Chile, has bought back $293m of its existing 2042s after receiving a strong response to the tender offer launched in conjunction with Tuesday’s dual tranche bond offering.

Sebastián Reynal, Deutsche Bank’s chief country officer for Argentina, left the bank earlier this month, GlobalCapital understands.

Latin America bond investors saw another day full of new issues but lacking in juice as the region’s best rated sovereign, Chile, led the way with a euro and dollar deal.

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South American sovereign Uruguay followed up its lowest inflation print for 12 years with its first ever nominal global peso-denominated bond on Monday.

Bond investors shrugged off state-owned oil company Petroperu’s low credit quality to pile into its debut deal in remarkable fashion as the issuer sold 15 and 30 year bonds at a tighter spread to the sovereign than its Mexican counterpart Pemex.

Argentine candy maker Arcor is looking to tap its existing dollar-denominated 2023s as soon as Tuesday after mandating the same three banks that ran its original bond issue to manage the deal.

South American sovereign Uruguay is likely to be the next Latin American issuer to tap debt markets as it wraps up an international roadshow ahead of a planned Uruguayan peso-denominated fixed rate bond issue.

Argentina is looking to issue euro denominated bonds towards the end of this month, finance minister Luis Caputo said on Wednesday.