The delegation led by the Ministry of Economy and Finance (MEF), the Superintendency of the Securities Market, the Superintendency of Banks and the Panama Stock Exchange, will visit Santiago de Chile, Lima, Peru and Bogota and Medellin in Colombia. Also participating are brokerage houses which are part of the Market Makers program (Creadores de Mercado).

According to the MEF the investors they will be visiting hold assets under management worth more than $462 billion. These include pension funds, insurance companies and financial institutions.

Malcolm Muñoz, director of Tesorería de Citi , a company that participates in the Market Maker program, believes it is important for new players to enter the local debt market.

Prensa.com reports: "The mission will present public debt instruments, but their aim is also to promote a comprehensive market".

Source: Prensa.com

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