Asset Management Bonds Debt
Oil price drop will not stop March debt payment, negotiating with Chinese banks for credit line
Loans Debt Corporate & Sovereign Strategy
President Moreno says the country is in talks with two international financial institutions to borrow money at preferential rates
International investors will demand higher yields to cover additional risk, but some corporate borrowers can turn to local bond markets, sources say
People Economy & Policy Politics
Oil expert René Ortiz returns to the ministry to replace José Agusto
Ecuador and Colombia feel the fallout from a spat between Russia and Saudi Arabia
Corporate & Sovereign Strategy Chile Argentina
Chilean IT company groups together its businesses outside the country
Bonds Debt Capital Markets
Airport operator in Ecuador still stands one notch above the government
Economy & Policy Capital Markets Regulation
Rating agency cites heavy debt repayment schedule and resistance to reforms as reasons for the downgrade
Issuers front-load for the year as uncertainty around US elections and low rates help fuel refinancing boom
Corporate issuers are expected reap the benefits of low interest rates to raise cash in the bond market in the first quarter this year
Loans Debt Ecuador
Ecuador's largest supermarket chain gets $235 mln from IDB Invest to buy more local products and open new locations
Loans Project & Infrastructure Finance Debt
Ecuador's state-owned power company asks for $250 mln to finance construction of a 500kV transmission line
Debt Capital Markets Loans
Rating agency cuts the South American development bank to A+ on exposure to Venezuela, Argentina and Bolivia
Ecuador's largest supermarket chain could sign a $285 mln loan with IDB Invest before the end of January
Panama-based trade finance bank syndicates a $110 mln facility for the Ecuadorian agribusiness