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Bonds Structured Finance
The District of Bogota has received Colombian government approval for $100m in loans from CAF and the IFC and awaits the final approval from the multilaterals. "We expect...
Brazil
Brazil's Bradesco plans to raise as much as BRL1.2bn in a sale of 27.9m additional shares to existing shareholders. It plans to sell the shares at BRL43 each. The bank wi...
Braskem plans to seek a loan for as much as BRL350m next year and may also sell dollar denominated bonds, according to its board of directors said. The petrochemicals pro...
Bonds Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Brazil's CVM has approved a BRL400m debenture issue from power distributor Cemig Distribuicao. The 2017 debentures are priced at 7.96% over the DI rate. Proceeds from the...
Doral Financial Corporation has appointed Kevin Twomey to its board of directors. He joins nine other members of the board, following the recent appointments of James E. ...
Fitch has affirmed the BBB- (stable) foreign and local currency ratings of Brazil's Usiminas and its $500m Global MTN program. "Usiminas' ratings are supported by the com...
Moody's has upgraded the senior debt rating of Puerto Rico's Doral Financial Corporation to B1 (stable) from B2. This reflects the agency's view that Doral's substantial ...
OGX, the oil and gas venture, raised BRL2.29bn Thursday in a private share offering to existing investors. OGX was created by Brazilian entrepreneur Eike Batista this yea...
Chile
Public Service Enterprise Group (PSEG) plans to sell its stake in Chile's SAESA electricity distribution group. The New Jersey-based energy holding company has hired Cred...
S&P has raised Chile's debt ratings to A+ (stable) from A. "The upgrade primarily reflects Chile's economy's increasing resilience to potential adverse shocks," says S&P ...