CFOs and treasurers globally have spent the better part of the past three months adjusting to the severe economic disruption caused by the coronavirus pandemic, not the least of whom those looking to raise funding. We sat down with Felipe Castilla, CFO of Grupo Energía Bogotá, a state-owned energy conglomerate based in Bogotá and operating in select markets across the Americas, to talk about fundraising in the middle of a pandemic, and the steps taken by the company to help smooth out some of the financial and operational volatility it has faced.
Vale Overseas, a special purpose vehicle set up and owned by Brazilian mining giant Vale, raised USD1.5bn in the international capital markets this week.
Jul 8, 2020
The Republic of Ecuador has reached a preliminary deal with the its largest creditors, paving the way for the country to restructure nearly USD17.4bn in sovereign bonds.
Jul 7, 2020
The coronavirus pandemic has weighed heavily on the fiscal performance and debt levels globally, with many emerging and frontier markets unlikely to recover until 2022 at the earliest according to Moody’s.
Jul 7, 2020
Growth in Sub-Saharan Africa (SSA) is set to contract by twice the amount previous forecast in April, according to the latest IMF estimates, with per-capita income across the continent falling to levels not seen in nearly a decade.
Jul 2, 2020