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 […]
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Best Investment Bank
Staying Ahead Credit Suisse started last year in a very strong position and built on it, even as operating conditions turned nasty in the second half. A focus on high […]
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Corporate Bond
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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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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 […]
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Best Bank – Mexico
BBVA Bancomer dominates Mexico’s retail banking landscape with its sheer size and ratios, but it has its work cut out in the rapidly expanding low income mortgage market. The subsidiary […]
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Best Bank – Panama
A foreign invasion, highlighted by Citi and HSBC’s recent acquisitions, is in full swing in Panama, but the country’s oldest private bank is putting up a fight. In January, Banco […]