South America

Latin America’s rip-roaring start to the year took a slide down the credit curve on Tuesday with two high yield deals — to no discernible impact on investor appetite.

Chile will return to international markets with a green bond to fund transport plans after its portfolio of projects received a favourable opinion from third-party providers.

Embotelladora Andina, the third largest Coca-Cola bottler in Latin America and seventh largest in the world, will begin a roadshow on Monday ahead of an expected 10 year bond.

Generation company Termocandelaria Power Limited (TPL) returned to capital markets on Thursday to start Colombian bond issuance for the year. The sovereign is expected to follow suit soon.

Four Chilean issuers raised dollar funding in the first three days of the first full week of 2020, as hefty order books suggested investors shared the government’s confidence in the country’s outlook.

Two companies turned up the heat another notch in Latin American primary bond markets on Wednesday, as both Coca-Cola Femsa and CMPC sold 10 year deals inside the ranges they had indicated at guidance.

Colombia’s largest lender Bancolombia said it wants return to bond markets to finance a buy-back of a senior bond maturing in 18 months.

Santander’s Chilean arm on Tuesday joined the early wave of dollar issuers from the country, pricing a $750m five senior unsecured bond 2bp inside where state-owned Banco del Estado de Chile sold an identical trade a day earlier.

Termocandelaria Power Limited, the Colombian generation company, is seeking to add up to $200m to its existing bonds and has mandated two banks to lead the reopening.

The world’s largest copper producer, Codelco, returned to bond markets on Tuesday with a well received $2bn dual tranche as predictions that Chilean issuers would be very active in January begin to look very accurate.

State-owned lender Banco del Estado de Chile (Banco Estado) kicked off what could be a busy January for Chilean issuance with a $750m five year senior unsecured deal on Monday.

Chile’s head of international finance has told GlobalCapital that the debt management office is making communication with investors its number one priority as it announced borrowing plans — including an atypically large amount of international issuance — earlier than usual after a turbulent fourth quarter.