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Brazil
Brazilian generator Cosern has filed to sell $164m in 2014 debentures, according to the national debentures system. It has proposed a price of DI plus 60bp. The sale, exp...
Argentina
The IFC has signed a $130m A/B loan for Argentine candy maker Arcor. A portion of the loan with a 6-year tenor will be syndicated, with Itau, Santander, BNP Paribas, Caly...
Now is the time for active top-down macro managers of EM equity, according to Ashmore, which has more than $31bn invested in EM generally. “The more the global market dis...
LatAm dedicated hedge funds lost 2.79% in November, worse than the global average but not as bad as some other emerging markets, according to data from HedgeFund.Net (HFN...
Brazilian oil giant Petrobras will invest BRL55bn next year, with 87% accounting for domestic investment and the rest to be applied to its international business. The com...
M&A
Basic Energy Group’s acquisition of Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP), owner of two power barges in Jamaica, for $92.5m from Conduit was financed using equity and debt, accor...
Louisiana-Pacific has signed an MOU with Chile’s Masisa to acquire a 75% stake in oriented strand board (OSB) manufacturing assets located in Ponta Grossa, Brazil. The as...
Brazilian inflation figures have surprised analysts this week by coming in at the top end of projected ranges or higher. Going beyond merely seasonal pressures, prices ha...
The credit quality of LatAm issuers may depend less on the health of the US economy than is generally assumed, according to Moody’s. Most Moody's-rated LatAm companies ha...
LatAm firms may be vulnerable to US economic conditions is if unstable cross-border debt markets make refinancing difficult, says Moody’s. But the agency sees low risk ov...
People Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Latin America’s two biggest exchanges – the Bovespa and the BM&F – are not discussing a merger, according to Bovespa CEO Gilberto Mifano. “There are no plans or proposals...
Structured Finance
Mexican mortgage lender Su Casita has priced a MXP1.8bn RMBS in three tranches due 2034. An MXP857m A1 tranche priced at 9.12%, a MXP746m A2 tranche at 9.50% and a MXP223...
GP Investments plans to invest $150m to acquire stakes in three Rio de Janeiro hotels. The firm will take 100% of Luxor Regente and Luxor Continental, and a 25% stake in ...
Mexico
Timber producer Agropecuaria Santa Genoveva has filed to sell up to MXP2.2bn in 20-year bonds, in one or two offerings. The notes are backed by zero-coupon bonds purchase...
Basic Energy Group's acquisition of Jamaica Energy Partners (JEP), owner of two power barges in Jamaica, for $92.5m from Conduit was financed using equity and debt, accor...
Latin America's two biggest exchanges – the Bovespa and the BM&F – are not discussing a merger, according to Bovespa CEO Gilberto Mifano. "There are no plans or proposals...
Now is the time for active top-down macro managers of EM equity, according to Ashmore, which has more than $31bn invested in EM generally. "The more the global market dis...
The credit quality of LatAm issuers may depend less on the health of the US economy than is generally assumed, according to Moody's. Most Moody's-rated LatAm companies ha...
Louisiana-Pacific has signed an MOU with Chile's Masisa to acquire a 75% stake in oriented strand board (OSB) manufacturing assets located in Ponta Grossa, Brazil. The as...
LatAm firms may be vulnerable to US economic conditions is if unstable cross-border debt markets make refinancing difficult, says Moody's. But the agency sees low risk ov...