Latin America
CASE STUDY: Suramericana Follows Record-Making Trade with Bridge Loan, Bond
In April 2016 pan-American conglomerate Grupo de Inversiones Suramericana S.A. followed up its record-breaking 2011 bond with a US$550mn issuance, which was used to repay a bridge loan posted a month earlier and fund the acquisition of RSA’s Latin American operations.
13 Mar 2017
Case Study: Promigas Shifts Liability Management Strategy with US$200mn Loan
Colombia’s Promigas marked its first foray into the syndicated loan markets by securing a US$200mn 5-year unsecured facility, allowing the company to consolidate its existing debt at more aggressive pricing while broadening its funding base.
21 Feb 2017
CASE STUDY: Colombia Taps Debt Markets With €1.35bn Sovereign Eurobond
Colombia’s €1.35bn Eurobond represents Colombia’s first benchmark Euro-denominate issuance in over 15 years and marks the Republic’s largest euro-denominated transaction to date, fulfilling the country’s cross border funding requirements for the year.
17 Feb 2017
CASE STUDY: Minera Escondida Digs into US$1.2bn Term Loan
Minera Escondida a Chilean subsidiary of BHP Billiton, secured a US$1.2bn 5-year term loan at competitive prices to help the miner develop the world’s largest open-pit copper mine. The deal consisted of one of the largest US dollar syndicated facilities in Chile’s metals and mining industry to date.
26 Jan 2017
Interview with Carlos Alberto Rodríguez López, CFO, ISA
In the run-up to the Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Andes 2017 conference, we asked Carlos Alberto Rodríguez López, Chief Financial Officer, ISA, how is the company financing its business expansion outside its home market and what would be the single most important challenge for the Andean economies in 2017.
6 Jan 2017
VIDEO: Interview with Juan Martin Vico, CFO, CableVision S.A.
At the Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Argentina conference, Bonds & Loans interviewed Juan Martin Vico, Chief Financial Officer, CableVision S.A., to discuss CableVision's recent issuance and their funding and hedging strategy for next year.
21 Dec 2016
VIDEO: Interview with Pablo Miedziak, CFO, Aerolineas Argentinas S.A
At the Bonds, Loans & Derivatives Argentina conference, Bonds & Loans interviewed Pablo Miedziak, CFO, Aerolineas Argentinas S.A., to discuss his outlook for Argentina’s aviation sector and Aerolineas Argentinas major strategic initiatives for 2017.
20 Dec 2016
Nurturing the growth of Mexico’s SMEs
Following the introduction of a number of economic and sectoral reforms across Mexico, development banks are playing an important role in enabling the growth operations of SMEs. We speak to Pedro Guerra, CFO at state development bank Nacional Financiera on how the bank sources funding and how it assists in financing the increasing number of Mexican SMEs.
21 Sept 2016
CFO View: Rodrigo Guzman, CFO, Mexichem - Extracting Capital from Commodities
Although Mexico’s economy is now less reliant on commodity prices than in the past, revenues from the sector do still make up a sizeable proportion of the country’s GDP. We speak to Rodrigo Guzman, CFO, Mexichem about the company’s future projects and funding opportunities for the petrochemicals sector amid the new economic realities.
12 Sept 2016
Edgar Maldonado, CFO Acosta Verde - Building on Real Estate Growth
Mexico’s Real Estate Sector is on the rise. Edgar Rene Maldonado de los Reyes, Chief Financial Officer at Acosta Verde discusses what factors have enabled the sector’s growth and which external factors could cause clouds to form on the horizon.
8 Sept 2016