South America

Bankers said that the long list of Latin American borrowers getting ready to issue should now have a clear path to market after the US Federal Reserve left interest rates unchanged — as many had expected.

Argentina will meet investors in Europe next week ahead of a potential euro-denominated bond issue that would be the first from the sovereign since its 2001 default.

Brazilian cement company Votorantim Cimentos (VotoCim) will begin meeting fixed income investors on Thursday ahead of a potential bond issue that would be used to buy back up to two existing euro-denominated notes.

The municipality of Córdoba, the second largest city in Argentina, has mandated Santander to manage a roadshow ahead of a planned international bond debut.

Banco CorpBanca Colombia is holding a roadshow in Taiwan alongside the US for a $200m two year syndicated loan.

YPF, the B3/B rated oil company that was nationalised by the Argentine government just four years ago, took the Swiss franc market into what one syndicate banker called “unchartered territory” with a three year deal on Friday.

Bondholders owning some 71.11% of Brazilian meatpacker Minvera’s 7.75% 2023s agreed to tender their paper by the earlybird deadline of September 14, the issuer said.

A serene summer came to an end this week as uncertainty over a possible US interest rate hike brought volatility back to EM bond markets just as slew of Lat Am borrowers were ready to issue.

Venezuelan state oil giant PDVSA’s proposed debt swap could make its bonds an even more attractive prospect than some investors feel they already are, but economists warned it would do nothing to treat the country’s deep economic crisis.

Peru's finance minister, Alfredo Thorne, will be among the representatives as the country carries out a week-long roadshow starting on Monday ahead of a planned sol-denominated bond issue.

Brazilian telecoms company Oi lost its chief financial officer and investor relations head on Monday as bondholders looked unlikely to accept the issuer’s proposed restructuring terms.

Colombian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production said on Monday that it expects to close a restructuring that would see bondholders and private equity firm Catalyst Capital take control of the firm in the week of October 3.