Restructuring
For Investors, NMC Health Brings Back Haunting Echoes of Abraaj
UAE-based NMC Health’s investigation into substantial amounts of undisclosed debt is making investors wary of another Abraaj-style lapse in corporate governance.
12 Mar 2020
Lebanon’s Default Barely Heard Amid Global Markets Rumbling and Tumbling
It came not with a bang, but a whimper. The Middle Eastern country’s failure to pay USD1.2bn on its March bond appears to put the ball in creditors’ court. But as coronavirus-linked turmoil and the collapse of oil prices dominates the headlines, Lebanon seems to be way down the pecking order on the elongating list of investors priorities.
11 Mar 2020
Jain Irrigation Rating Cut in First Emerging Market Green Bond Default
S&P this week cut the rating of India-based irrigation company Jain Irrigation Systems to ‘D’ after the company failed to make interest payments on a green bond, the first default on a green bond in emerging markets.
5 Mar 2020
Total Capital Markets Financing in Argentina Jumps 276% YoY in January 2019
An increase of 65% was recorded in January compared to the previous month, according to CNV.
24 Feb 2020
Angola’s Minister of Finance on Privatisations, Following Through on Free Trade, and Managing the Tricky Balance between Economic Diversification and Oil Dependence
While João Lourenço’s government continues to dominate the headlines - for highly visible corruption indictments against his predecessor José Eduardo dos Santos, his family, and associates - Vera Daves de Sousa, Angola’s young and resolutely optimistic Minister of Finance, is working hard behind the scenes to chart a more financially sustainable path for the country following years of economic…
13 Feb 2020
Latin America 2020: The Good, The Bad, and The Ugly
Take a good look at Latin America’s 21 countries today, and one quickly concludes that this is not a region moving in unison but rather a patchwork of divergent political and economic motors firing at different speeds, taking each in different directions. Rarely has it been this challenging to analyze Latin America as a whole, so it seems appropriate to showcase Latin America’s differences…
11 Feb 2020
Province of Buenos Aires Blinks on Debt Repayment, Catching Some Investors Off-Guard
The Province of Buenos Aires said this week that it would make a payment on its January 2021 bonds after failing to reach an agreement with enough creditors on extending a delay, which came as a positive surprise to observers and creditors owed some USD3bn in payments due this year.
5 Feb 2020
Lebanon to Pursue “Restructuring Without Restructuring”
While details of the government’s strategy to address the dire economic circumstances it faces are scant, analysts at Barclays believe Lebanon is likely to favour a bond swap with domestic banks over alternatives like issuing long-term FX certificates via the central bank, a move that could result in the sovereign entering Selective Default.
4 Feb 2020
Sharia-Compliant Real Estate Lender Amlak Within Touching Distance of Debt Restructuring
Specialized Islamic real estate financier Amlak Finance PJSC has said it managed to agree credit restructuring terms with about 95% of its existing creditors, putting it within touching distance of finalising its second restructuring in five years.
9 Jan 2020