Peru Asia Loans
Banco de Credito del Peru (BCP) held a bank meeting Wednesday in Taipei for a $100m, 3.5-year senior unsecured term loan paying Libor+175bp, according to people familiar ...
Central America Honduras Asia
The Central American Bank for Economic Integration (Cabei) is currently visiting accounts in Asia on a non-deal roadshow, as it explores options in the offshore Chinese r...
Brazil Asia Bonds
Banco do Brasil has returned to the Dim Sum bond market, for a CNH300m ($48m) private placement. The Brazilian lender priced the 2015 bond at par with a 3.98% coupon. Ban...
Mexico Asia M&A
Coca-Cola Femsa (KOF) has agreed to pay $689m to buy 51% of Coca-Cola Bottlers Philippines from Coca-Cola, it says, in the Mexican bottler’s first buy outside of LatAm. I...
Chile Asia Loans
Chile’s BCI has closed a 2-tranche, $115m syndicated loan in Japan, it says. Each tranche is two years, and the spread is Libor+168bp on an all-in basis, says a person fa...
Bonds Structured Finance Venezuela
Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) is the latest borrower to tap the growing offshore Chinese renminbi (RMB), or Dim Sum, market, selling a CNH600m ($97m) 3-year bond. I...
Chile Asia M&A
CFR Pharmaceuticals will withdraw its attempt to acquire 50% of India-based Stellence Pharmscience Private Limited, due to terms of its April 4 contract not being met, it...
Brazil Asia M&A
A group of strategic investors has agreed to spend BRL2.9bn ($1.49bn) to acquire a portfolio of Brazilian logistics facilities from asset manager Hemisferio Sul Investime...
Chile Asia Bonds
Banco de Chile has reopened its 2027 Hong Kong dollar-denominated bonds for HKD875m ($113m), according to sources familiar with the sale. The 4.0% coupon bond reopened at...
Itau has added $170m to its long 10-year Tier 2 bond, exercising the 10% greenshoe option during Asian market hours and bringing the total issue size to $1.84bn. The Braz...
Asia Economy & Policy Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
Latin America has become ever more dependent on commodities exports to Asia – some fear at the expense of boosting the productivity of its own domestic industries
Asia Bonds
Latin America’s trade with China is booming. Yet the relationship between the two regions is a work in progress – as are moves to raise debt in renminbi
Venezuela Asia Bonds
Corporacion Andina de Fomento (CAF) is evaluating the offshore renminbi (RMB) and Australian markets as new sources of funding outside of its well-established USD, EUR an...
Chile Asia
Banco Santander Chile is planning to meet bond investors in Singapore Tuesday and Hong Kong Wednesday, according to sources familiar with the process. Deutsche Bank, Gold...
Banco do Brasil has added $175m to its 10-year senior bond, exercising the 10% greenshoe option during Asian market hours and bringing the total issue size to $1.93bn. Ba...