CFO Insights
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
Mixta Africa CFO Talks Long-Term Liquidity for Nigerian Corporates
The ability for real estate firms to raise long-term liquidity depends on a complex set of interrelated factors – interest rates and pricing, tenor availability, asset liquidity, and the health and sophistication of the mortgage market, to name a few. Benson Ajayi, CFO at Mixta Africa, one of the continent’s leading real estate firms speaks with Bonds & Loans about how the company is navigating…
7 Feb 2018
Eurotorg CIO: ‘DCM debut positions us well for more deals’
Bonds & Loans speaks with Andrei Matsiavin, Chief Investment Officer at Eurotorg, a leading Belarusian food retailer, about the company’s hugely successful cross-border capital markets debut – which was also Belarus’ first international corporate Eurobond sale.
19 Jan 2018
Middle East CFOs Eye New Credit Funding Opportunities
Boosted by a positive global outlook and rising oil prices and despite growing geopolitical risk, top corporate, quasi-sovereign and sovereign CFOs, Group Treasurers and Heads of Debt Management in the Middle East were resolutely optimistic about the financial prospects of their organisations heading into Q4, according to our most recent Middle East CFO Market Sentiment Monitor.
5 Jan 2018
Stanbic Kenya: Political Volatility Will Moderate in 2018, Boosting Debt Capital Markets
Private sector credit growth slowed to record lows this year, but there is reason to believe many of the factors driving this – a drought-induced economic slowdown, political volatility, and an interest rate cap – will moderate in 2018. Wegoki Mugeni, Stanbic Kenya’s head of debt capital markets for East Africa, shares her views on why this is likely to create a supportive environment for more…
4 Jan 2018
Petroperú CFO: Interplay of Bank, Bond Financing Key to Talara Refinery Funding
The Talara Refinery is Petroperú’s flagship project and one of the most strategically important infrastructure initiatives in Peru’s oil and gas sector. We speak with Petroperú CFO Carlos Adrian Linares Penaloza about the funding strategy behind the project, and how the company overcame some delays and roadblocks along the way.
3 Jan 2018
For Bond Bankers and Capital Markets Experts, MIFID II Raises More Questions than Answers
As Europe continues to steam ahead towards the 3 January implementation date for the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive II (MiFID II), the continent’s ambitious sequel aimed at making its financial industry safer and more transparent, a lack of certainty around how the rules will be applied is putting bond bankers on edge and prompting difficult questions about how the banking sector is…
18 Dec 2017
EuroChem Focussed on Latin America, Asia as Fertilizer Industry Recovers
Over the past year, Russian fertilizer giant EuroChem Group AG has made great strides in opening new markets, tapping the growing demand in Asia and Latin America, and spending over USD6bn on two mines to produce potash, a high-quality soil fertilizer. Bonds & Loans catches up with the company’s CFO Andrey Ilyin to discuss the industry outlook, the company’s financing plans for 2018, and how it…
28 Nov 2017
Bank of Georgia Group CEO on Deepening Local Currency Markets
Bonds & Loans speaks with Irakli Gilauri, CEO of BGEO Group about the company’s funding strategy, its first – and the country’s first – local currency Eurobond, and how other emerging market corporates can help deepen demand for local currency assets.
6 Nov 2017