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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Quasi-Sovereign Bond
City Financing Just before credit markets dried up in July 2007, the District of Bogotá priced an innovative and tightly priced $300 million TES-denominated 144A offering due 2028. What the […]
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Sovereign Bond
Keeping it Local Last year saw several significant and innovative transactions from sovereign issuers and many examples of creative liability management. But Peru’s $1.5 billion sol-denominated 2037 issue pushed the […]
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Sovereign issuer
UMS Goes Strategic Long considered the region’s most sophisticated issuer, Mexico pushed the envelope in 2007 with several transactions that showcase its continued leadership of the debt markets. The sovereign […]
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Structured Bond
Building Consensus Every country in Latin America faces the same problem of how to finance looming infrastructure needs. Solutions range from grand schemes still in theoretical stages to functional but […]