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Mexico Bonds
Mexico’s Banco Multiva has filed a shelf to issue up to MXP5bn ($361m) in bonds It does not give details about the timing or exact amount of the first sale. Proceeds of t...
Chile Mexico
BBVA Chile is now targeting early next year for its entrance into the Mexican bond market, a deal it had aimed to do this month, says a banker on the deal. The bank hopes...
Brazil Bonds
Brazilian retailer Marisa Lojas has issued a BRL350m ($188m) 2016 bond that was priced at 111.20% of DI, in line with expectations. The bond amortizes in years 4 and 5. B...
People Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Chile
Patricio Rivas de Diego has been named head of the retail finance division at Chilean retailer Cencosud following the departure of Roberto Pirozzi Alonso. Marcelo Reyes S...
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Loans Bonds
Citi leads the LatAm loan tables heading into the last week of the year, according to Dealogic data. The bank had booked $4.05bn in volume from 20 deals through December ...
Brazil Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Fitch has revised the outlook on Brazilian mid-tier bank Banco Bonsucesso’s B+ to negative from stable. The agency cites lower profits and further pressures on the bank’s...
Brazilian medical services company Fleury has raised BRL150m ($80m) in the domestic bond market through a 2016 that pays DI plus 0.94%. Bradesco acted as lead on the deal...
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy M&A Bonds
Goldman Sachs is close to winning the top spot for the year on the LatAm M&A tables, according to Dealogic data. This marks an interesting turnaround for a bank that fail...
Chile Bonds
Several Chilean issuers are holding off domestic bond transactions until next year in the face of comparatively high spreads. For instance, Caja de Compensacion La Arauca...
Mexico M&A
Mexican homebuilder Sare plans a MXN1.6bn ($115.9m) sale of non-core assets over the coming two years in a bid to pay off debt and finance ongoing projects. Sare sharehol...
Moody’s has put cable company Net Servicos’ Ba1 corporate family rating and Brazilian telecom Embratel’s Baa2 on review for possible upgrades as new regulatory changes lo...
Colombia Guatemala Europe
UK-based PetroLatina has secured an up to $100m 4-year revolving credit facility through BNP Paribas, it says. The loan will be used to repay an existing facility with Ma...
Venezuela M&A
Venezuela has decided to extend a 90-day period for talks with gold miner Rusoro as it decides how much to pay the company for its nationalized assets. The size and form ...