The Ministry of Finance issued Treasury bonds in local currency for an amount equivalent to $38 million, receiving total demand of $90 million.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:
September 25, 2018. The results of the sale of Treasury Bonds of the Republic of Guatemala represented by Account Annotation (Public Bidding); and of Representative Physical Certificates and Representative Certificates Electronically Registered in Custody of Banco de Guatemala (Auction and Public Bidding) held on September 25, 2018, with a total demand of Q.694.95 million and US $30 million, are the following:
The Ministry of Finance has issued Treasury bonds in local currency for an amount equivalent to $48 million, receiving total demand of $130 million.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:
August 21, 2018.The results of the sale of Treasury Bonds of the Republic of Guatemala represented by Account Annotation (Public Bidding); and of Representative Physical Certificates and Representative Certificates Electronically Registered in Custody of Banco deGuatemala (Auction and Public Bidding) held on August 21, 2018, with a total demand of Q.941.70 million and US $ 17.0 million, were the following:
Using a web platform with key information from all of the markets in the region and the Dominican Republic, Central American stock exchanges propose reviving the plan to create a truly integrated regional market.
Once again authorities at stock exchanges in Central American countries and the Dominican Republic have put back on the table the plan to integrate the stock markets in each each country into a single regional one.
The issuance of $500 million in the international market was placed with a 10-year term and an interest rate of 4.5%, the lowest of all issuances so far.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:
The Ministry of Public Finance today concluded a transaction for US $500 million of Eurobonds with an interest rate of 4.5% for 10 years, the lowest rate of all issuances.This action is consistent with the strategy of diversifying the financing of public spending, obtaining funds from the local bond market, multilateral banking and global markets.
In the first issue using the book-entry system, the government sold Q207 million in treasury bonds, equivalent to $27 million, with maturities of 10, 12 and 15 years.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:
Today a first issue was made of Treasury Bonds of the Republic represented by book entry, which creates a basis to move towards a more developed government bond market and in particular, the secondary market.
The Ministry of Finance will be attempting to raise funds in the international and local market in order to improve the public debt profile.
The endorsement by the Congress will allow the Ministry of Finance to extend the term and reduce the cost of part of the public debt.The amount authorized amounts to $891 million and the Ministry of Finance plans to use the local and international markets to renegotiate.
Treasury debt securities were issued in Quetzales for an eight year term and with a rate of 6.35%.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:
The results of the placement of Treasury Bonds on November 22, 2016, are as follows: demand was received for Q.825.1 million, of which 100.0% corresponded to the maturity date of18/11/2024. This time Q.250.0 million was issued, ie 30.3% of demand, at a cut off price of 102.4757 and cut off rate of 6.3500%.The total issued to date amounts to Q14,493.46 million, leaving Q467.39 millionavailable for issue for the fiscal year 2016.
For the first time in nine years, the Federal Reserve has raised the benchmark interest rate, by 0.25%, starting off a process of a gradual adjustment which will make credit more expensive.
After seven years of interest rates at historical lows, signs of recovery in the US economy have led the Federal Reserve to announce the first upward adjustment in the federal funds rate, the main reference rate for structuring interest rates in the United States and around the world.
Debt securities issued by private companies in the Guatemalan stock market increased by 20% in the last twelve months.
The sale of securities up to December 2014 increased from $239 million to $287 million, an increase of 20%, after a slight decline due to the withdrawal of 5 issues by one of the participating companies was registered in 2014. One factor that attracts companies is the cost of financing, which, depending on the type of instrument to be sold, may be less than the cost of a bank loan.
The National Stock Exchange will implement a system of mass placement of securities in order to encourage the registration of emissions from private companies and the arrival of more investors.
The strategy will focus on standardizing the securities that are issued in the primary market so that they can then be traded in the secondary market and in this way give them greater marketability and encourage the participation of more investors.
The National Securities Commission has ordered the reorganization of the leading brokerage house in Panama, to ensure "the best defense of the interests of investors."
(UPDATE: On August 8th, 2011, the Panamanian Securities Commission resolved that the "reorganization process for Thales Securities was successfully completed and returned the administration and control of the company back to its shareholders and directors”.)
The National Stock Exchange was designated to issue ISIN codes (Securities Identification Number) and CFI (Classification of Financial Instruments).
Notes and shares issued by local companies will now be visible for global investors after the country obtained an international identification code for securities.
So far, Guatemala had not been authorized to designate such codes, so Standard & Poors assigned the codes for securities in the country.