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People Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Interbank has appointed Luis Felipe Castellanos CEO, replacing interim CEO Carlos Rodriguez-Pastor. Castellanos will assume his new role at Interbank, a subsidiary of Int...
Bonds Structured Finance
Julie Katzman has been appointed executive vice president of the IDB. She had been serving in that role on an interim basis since Dan Zelikow stepped down August 30. She ...
Chile
Chile's central bank is expected to continue hiking its rate today by 25bp to 3.25%. In November, it tightened the rate by 25bp, bringing it to 3.00%. "Though a pause can...
Equity
Brazil’s Droga Raia is set to price what looks like the last LatAm IPO of the year today, expected at more than BRL500m. The drugstore chain seeks to capitalize on the mu...
Colombia
Colombia telecom Empresa de Telecomunicaciones de Bogota (ETB), which is controlled by Colombia's capital city, is back on the auction block after its board of directors ...
Brazil
Usiminas reiterated its intention to sell its 14.25% stake in Ternium at an investor presentation last week. The Brazilian steel giant has owned the stake in the Argentin...
Bonds Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Sadia’s former CFO Adriano Ferreira was barred by the Brazilian CVM regulator from managing public companies for 3 years, and 9 board members were fined a total of BRL2.6...
Chile-based financial institution Caja de Compensacion La Araucana has issued CLP10bn ($21m) in local 5-year bonds via Dutch auction, its second issue of the month. The A...
Economy & Policy
Mexico’s Interacciones has given the State of Veracruz an MXP3bn 15-year enhanced loan, with a 2-year grace period. The loan will pay a spread of 340bp over TIIE, and is ...
Global brewer AB-InBev is planning to issue up to BRL2.0bn in 3-year debentures through its Brazil vehicle InBev Participacoes Societarias, a company spokeswoman confirms...
Brazilian transportation company Julio Simoes says its board has authorized it to issue BRL250m in non-convertible debentures in 3 tranches. A BRL83m 2014 tranche will pa...
Bancolombia has issued COP600.0bn ($315m) in local bonds, with demand coming in at over COP1.1bn, almost 2x the amount offered, according to a banker on the deal. The ban...
Several Petrobras suppliers are preparing to securitize service and supply contracts with Petrobras, according to regulatory documents. The 4-year, BRL237m transaction wi...
Argentina
Aeropuertos Argentina 2000 (AA 2000) has raised $300m from a debut cross-border bond priced at the tight end of guidance and for maximum size. Investors demanded $1.8bn, ...
CFE will issue a dual tranche deal on 11 January, a re-tap of its 4-year floating and 10-year fixed rate bond, according to a regulatory filing. The size and price of the...