High YieldComeback King In a year chock full of corporate biggests and bests, one high yield deal stood out as the trailblazer. Mexican glassmaker Vitro’s $1 billion dual tranche issue […]
Category: Deals of the Year Awards
Posted inMagazine
Corporate Issuer
Mixing it Up Long one of the region’s most sophisticated corporate issuers, Cemex again set the standard in 2007, raising more than $14 billion in funds in the 12 month […]
Posted inMagazine
Corporate Liability Management
Revamping the Profile Transportadora de Gas del Sur (TGS), Argentina’s largest natural gas operator, used a piece of US high yield technology – a tender for callable securities – to […]
Posted inMagazine
Financial Institution Bond
Balancing Growth In May 2007, Bancolombia issued the first international subordinated bond to date from a Colombian financial institution. The transaction helped fund a Central American acquisition, and highlights the […]
Posted inMagazine
Loan House
Alone at the Top In the secretive world of syndicated loans, bankers always want to know what their competitors are up to. More often than not in LatAm, Citi is […]
Posted inMagazine
Local Currency Deal
Tenor Extender The standout transaction for América Móvil, one of the most savvy corporate issuers in the region, was its tenor extending 30-year Europeso issue. The deal almost slipped through […]
Posted inMagazine
Local Currency Financing
Getting Reais The IFC broke new ground for the Brazilian corporate debt market in October with a debut issue, actually in reais. Unlike previous local trades from multilaterals, the 200 […]
Posted inMagazine
Primary Equity Issue
Great Exchange Expectations It was not just the biggest equity deal of 2007 from LatAm, the fifth largest IPO globally and the most substantial to date from any exchange. The […]
Posted inMagazine
Private Equity Deal
Refocusing Pride GP Investment’s $1 billion acquisition of a collection of LatAm assets from Pride International has vaulted the Brazilian private equity firm into a new league. It is now […]