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Brazil
Portugal-based engineering and construction group Mota-Engil says it is in talks to invest €30m in 2 companies, one in Brazil and the other in Mexico. “In Brazil, group s...
Standard Chartered Private Bank has hired Diego Y. Polenghi as senior director and head of sales for the Americas. He is based in Miami with primary responsibility to man...
Bonds Structured Finance
Central American development bank Cabei has printed two new local bond sales in Costa Rica and the Dominican Republic, respectively, in a continuation of its regionally d...
Brazil’s energy regulator Aneel has sold of 753MW worth of wind concessions in what it claims is the country’s first auction solely dedicated to wind concessions. The auc...
Economy & Policy
Gas Natural Ban (GNB), the Argentine unit of Spain’s Gas Natural Group, has sold ARP100m in 2011 bonds on the local market. The 18-month notes pay Badlar plus 360bp. HSBC...
Andean
Ecuador Bottling Company, a unit of Coca-Cola, has raised $32m in the local market through a securitization of sales receivables. A 1-year $5m tranche pays 6.50%, a 3-yea...
Structured Finance
Titularizadora Colombiana has sold COP129bn in RMBS Monday to complete a two-session COP246bn sale. The securitization shop sold COP48bn in 2019 senior notes paying 5.7%,...
Mexico
S&P has lowered Mexico’s debt rating to BBB from BBB+, with a stable outlook, becoming the second agency to cut the sovereign within the past month. “The downgrade reflec...
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Cemex’s $15bn bank debt refinancing, concluded in August, has been ruled by ISDA to have constituted a “restructuring credit event” because it resulted from a deteriorati...
M&A
JBS intends to sell up to $2bn-equivalent in local convertible bonds to help finance its acquisitions of Pilgrim’s Pride in the US and Bertin in Brazil. The meatpacker sa...
Equity International (EI), the Chicago-based investment firm co-founded by real estate specialist Sam Zell, expects an explosion of growth in the Brazilian mortgage marke...
Brazilian Finance & Real Estate (BFRE), the Sao Paulo-based real estate specialist, has agreed to sell a 20.7% stake in itself to Equity International (EI), a company own...