Asset Management Bonds Debt
Sovereign's decision to postpone local bond payment pushes up borrowing costs, but companies are still finding plenty of demand
Economy & Policy Chile
FDI grows for the second straight year, jumping 78% to $10.8 bln in 2019
M&A Project & Infrastructure Finance Equity
Australian financial group takes over the BTS concession from CSS Constructores
Government appears to take a harder stance with bondholders as it prepares to start restructuring its external debt
Project & Infrastructure Finance Economy & Policy Regulation
Investment promotion agency Proesa also lines up concessions for government buildings and toll roads
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Economy & Policy Fixed Income
Rating agency cites high fiscal deficits, recurring funding challenges to cut rating to B2 from B1
Argentine agribusiness seeks protection to restructure $1.3 bln in debt
Loans Project & Infrastructure Finance Debt
Central American country requests $400 mln for highway construction projects
Bonds Debt Capital Markets
State-owned toll road concession raises $225 mln to pay off debt as it prepares for an IPO
Economy & Policy Capital Markets Regulation
Rating agency cites heavy debt repayment schedule and resistance to reforms as reasons for the downgrade
Law is the first step in expected "game of chicken" with holders of foreign-law bonds
Equity Capital Markets Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Brazil's national development bank offloads its stake in the state-owned oil company after previously selling shares in Light and Marfrig
Monetary policy committee says it is time to "interrupt" the easing cycle after five cuts in a row
Issuers front-load for the year as uncertainty around US elections and low rates help fuel refinancing boom
Project & Infrastructure Finance Loans Economy & Policy
New sanitation law to clean up dirty waters is making a splash