Deals
Promigas CFO Aquiles Mercado González on Promioriente, Brilla and Expansion
Bonds & Loans speaks with Aquiles Mercado González, Chief Financial Officer at Promigas, on its distribution subsidiary’s hugely successful local market bond transaction, new opportunities for growth, and the company’s innovative non-bank financing programme.
5 Apr 2018
CASE STUDY: Senegal Hits Tightest Yields for SSA Sovereigns with Dual-Currency Bond
Senegal shook up the Sub Saharan African issuance pipeline with its largest ever international bond at its longest tenor to date, setting a new benchmark for Sub Saharan Africa sovereign borrowers with its widely welcomed 30-year addition to the curve.
29 Mar 2018
CASE STUDY: MTP Navigates Regulatory Unknowns to Issue Mexico’s First Tower Securitization
The first securitization sponsored by Mexico Tower Partners included a much-anticipated 5-year bullet repayment date (ARD) and marked the first wireless tower-backed securitization in Mexico. The structure allowed MTP to waive CNBV’s partial dependence requirement, repay the existing credit facility and keep the remaining proceeds from the issuance.
28 Mar 2018
SWOT Analysis: Projects, ECA and Structured Finance in MENA
In advance of our Project, ECA and Structured Finance Middle East & Africa 2018 conference and forthcoming special report on the subject, Bonds & Loans visited the region to meet with a broad range of finance leaders in order to gain a sense of the risks and opportunities on the horizon.
22 Mar 2018
CASE STUDY: Albaraka Turk Makes History with Turkey’s First Additional Tier 1 Deal
Albaraka Turk extended its reputation as a pioneer in the sukuk market last month, issuing the country’s first Basel III-compliant Additional Tier 1 capital notes – in a Sharia-compliant privately placed, publicly listed format, no less.
14 Mar 2018
GCC Lending Transformation Continues
As GCC borrowers continue to evolve and grow in complexity and ambition, market conditions – particularly in the region and in the global economy more broadly – appear to be reaching a crucial turning point.
8 Mar 2018
CASE STUDY: YES Bank Debuts USD1bn Tranche of MTN Programme on GSM of India INX
Notwithstanding the impending FOMC meeting and other headwinds, India’s YES Bank powered ahead with the largest debut issuance by an Indian FI that also became first to be listed on the recently established INX.
2 Mar 2018
CASE STUDY: Credit Bank of Moscow Achieves Tightest Coupon for Russian Private Financial Institution
Russia’s second largest private lender defied the difficult market environment and negative sentiment in the sector to achieve the lowest coupon for a Russian financial institution and a well-balanced orderbook of investors.
28 Feb 2018
MTP CFO Gonzalo Cornejo on Setting the Pace for Securitisations in Mexico’s Local Market
Following its landmark local market securitisation debut – the first of its kind in Latin America, Mexico Tower Partners has proven itself to be both a leader in the country’s telecommunications infrastructure sector and a trailblazer in its financial markets. Bonds & Loans speaks with the company’s Chief Financial Officer Gonzalo Cornejo about how the deal was done and why it’s worth being first…
22 Feb 2018
Latin America Deals of the Year Awards 2018: The Winners
The issuers, borrowers and mediators of the most innovative and outstanding debt capital market deals on the continent to be lauded at the prestigious awards ceremony. Winners: Latin America Deals of the Year Awards 2018
16 Feb 2018