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Chile, Mexico lead LatAm revival
Economic growth in Chile was relatively weak in 2015 but according to the OECD, it is expected to pick up slowly over the coming years. Against this backdrop Chile issued its first cross-border bond of 2016, ending a brief lull in the region’s market.
14 Jan 2016
CBI: Green bond issuances likely to rise
Green bonds are gaining increasing interest, with the market increasing exponentially since 2012, from US$2.6bn to US$41.8bn in 2015.
14 Jan 2016
Nigeria tries to win back investors
Despite its removal from the JP Morgan and Barclays’ emerging market indices last year due to erratic behaviour and a lack of transparency, Nigeria is again looking to tap into the Eurobond market.
14 Jan 2016
JP Morgan: Latin America to come in from the cold
Reports from Latin America since the region entered a recession about 18 months ago have rarely been positive, one of the reasons JP Morgan Securities’ view that bank bonds in the area recovering in 2016 may seem to be a bold claim.
13 Jan 2016
South African FX volatility impact on investor confidence short-lived
The South African Rand plummeted by more than 9% against the dollar on Monday 11 January after just 15 minutes of trading in a flash crash. Although the Rand has stabilised it may cause concern for current and potential investors in the region.
13 Jan 2016
Amidst regional turmoil, Jordan provides opportunities
Most attention on the Middle East is focussed on the main oil producers in the region and their continuing struggle with ever falling prices, as well as various regional conflicts. But this makes it easy to overlook smaller states in the region that provide attractive opportunities for investors.
13 Jan 2016
Saudi Arabia mulls options to plug budget gap
The low price of oil has started to hit Saudi Arabia, the world’s largest oil producer, very hard in recent months, with the country now mulling a sale of its valuable shares in Saudi Aramco.
12 Jan 2016
A Stormy Outlook for Latin American Credit in 2016
The knock on effect of investors fleeing the sector for Latin American economies and Latin American Credit. In this article, Vernon Budinger, CEO / CIO, Latin America Structured Finance Advisors, LLC analyses the emerging debt investment landscape in Latin America and paints a picture of some of the region’s key markets in 2016.
8 Jan 2016
Case Study: Financing Lima’s First Underground Metro
At a total cost of over $5.6bn, the Lima Metro Line 2 is both Lima’s first underground metro line and the largest securitization to date in Peru's history of RPI-CAOs, the government’s payments rights mechanism. In this article, we reviewed the deal and spoke to Ignacio Montero Ezpondaburu, Corporate Finance Head of Public-Private Infrastructure Advisory at Banco Santander, about the financing…
8 Jan 2016
Interview with Nirmal Govinda Das from Emirates Airline
Nirmal Govinda Das, Senior Vice President, Treasury, from Emirates Airline talks about their win at the Bonds, Loans and Sukuk Middle East Awards 2015.
5 Jan 2016