Project & Infrastructure Finance

Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Brazil Paraguay

Anatalício Risden Jr. rises from CFO to take the top job at the hydroelectric dam

Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Loans Project & Infrastructure Finance

South American country lines up funding from EIB and eyes Chinese energy investments

Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Bonds Debt

Unión del Sur plans to issue $253 mln in UVR-denominated notes and take out three loans for $536 mln to refinance the Rumichaca-Pasto toll road

International Financial Institutions Debt Loans

European development bank provides a $100 mln loan for BDE to fund water and sewage projects

Loans Debt Energy

Virgin's renewable energy company borrows $88 mln from CIBC FirstCaribbean in Barbados and NCB in Jamaica

Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Credit Ratings Fitch Ratings

Institutional investors will still review each deal, but sustainable bonds will be "more than welcome," fund managers say

Credit Ratings S&P Global Upgrade

Brazilian infrastructure company rises to CCC+ after swapping debt for its stakes in two Rio subway concessionaires

Project & Infrastructure Finance Railroads Argentina

CRRC and CRIG sign agreements to build and finance three commuter rail projects in and around Buenos Aires

Debt Loans International Financial Institutions

US-based development bank covers $74 mln of a $103 mln project to install systems in Puerto Maldonado and El Triunfo

Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Project & Infrastructure Finance Electricity

Chinese company's CET unit agrees to invest $1.1 bln to boost electricity transmission after a major blackout in Greater Buenos Aires

M&A Mexico France

Mexican food company deals sausage and ham facilities to Cooperl, following last year's sale of its businesses in Belgium and the Netherlands

Equity Project & Infrastructure Finance ESG

French infrastructure investor puts in $128 mln to double capacity at the Los Guzmancito project in Luperón

Loans Debt Funds

Group Energy Gas Panamá borrows $175 mln from New York-based fund manager GIP for the 670 MW Generadora Gatún project

International Financial Institutions Inter-American Development Bank (IDB) IDB Invest

Rutas del Este issues $219 mln in 15-year bonds in a private placement with IDB Invest to pay off a loan from the multilateral lender

Economy & Policy Bonds Debt

Mexico's state-owned oil company swaps near-term notes for new 10-year bonds and repurchases medium-term bonds to cut debt by $3.2 bln