On July 8, the Salvadoran government issued $1 billion in bonds on the international market at a 9.5% interest rate with a maturity date of 2052.
The resources collected through this international issue are part of the $3 billion debt issuance authorized by the government and will be used to finance the health and economic crisis resulting from the spread of the Covid-19.
The Ministry of Finance issued Treasury Bonds for an amount equivalent to $116 million, of which $52 million was in local currency and $64 million in foreign currency.
The overall amount of Treasury Bonds issued by the Republic of Guatemala so far, amounts to $414 million, corresponding to Fiscal Year 2020, of which one million correspond to Treasury Bonds issuances for small investors.
The Ministry of Finance Awarded Treasury Bonds in local currency for an equivalent amount of $19 million, at a cut-off rate of 6.2% and expiring in August 2034.
In the event of issuance of Electronically Registered Representative Certificates in Custody in the Banco de Guatemala, a demand for $42.9 million was received, corresponding in its entirety to the maturity date of 11/23/2039.
One of the issues was made in local currency, equivalent to $1 billion over 7 years, and another issue in dollars for $1.5 billion over 30 years.
The local currency transaction was conducted at a 9.75% interest rate, while the 30-year issue was conducted at a 6.492% interest rate, the lowest issued by the country for this term, informed the Ministry of Finance in a statement.
The Ministry of Finance placed Treasury Bonds in local currency for amounts equivalent to $26 million and $13 million, with terms of 15 years and 20 years, respectively.
The global amount awarded to date totals $858.6 million, corresponding to the 2019 Fiscal Year, of which $26 thousand correspond to the awards of treasury bonds for small investors, informed the Government.
Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica de Panamá issued seven-year local market debt securities with a 3.85% interest rate.
Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica S.A. (ETESA) made its first issue of corporate bonds in the Stock Market of Panama, for the sum of seventy-five million dollars ($75 million) to be used to finance investment projects included in the Expansion Plan of the National Interconnected System (PESIN) of 2018, said the institution in a statement.
The Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica de Panamá issued debt securities for 30 years at a 5.125% interest rate.
The bonds have a deadline in May 2049, i.e. 30 years from the date of issue and will have a grace period on capital payments of 15 years, informed the institution.
Because of fiscal uncertainty, in the first months of 2018, banks operating in the country reduced by 16% the amount invested in public debt securities in the local market.
Against the backdrop of doubts about the future of public finances in Costa Rica, it was reported that from January to September, 14 local public and private banks invested $3.190 million in government bonds.
Panama's international airport issued in the international market debt securities expiring in 2048, with a coupon rate of 6% and a yield of 6.25%.
From the statement of Tocumen S.A.:
Panama November 8th, 2018. On Wednesday, November 7th, 2018, Tocumen International Airport successfully issued six hundred and fifty million dollars (US$650,000,000.00) in corporate bonds on the New York Stock Exchange, following rules 144-A and also registered on the Panama Stock Exchange.
In Panama, the portfolio managed by brokerage firms totaled $35,577 million at the end of the first half of the year, 11% more than was registered in the same period in 2017.
According to the Superintendency of the Securities Market, of the total portfolio, 43% correspond to bonds, another 27% of the assets belong to common shares, and 21% is made up of other securities.
Inversiones Simco has placed the first $12 million of $20 million it expects to issue in the Salvadoran securities market, to finance part of the Millennium Plaza mixed-use project.
The securitization fund called Millennium was structured by Ricorp Titularizadora and amounts to $20 million.However, initially $12 million has been placed and the remaining funds will be raised as the works progress.
The international airport of Panama has issued on the international market a 30-year debt issuance, at an interest rate of 6%.
The decision to issue the bonds is in accordance with Tocumen's plans to modernize the air terminal's electrical system, and to build a third runway and the first phase of the logistics area.
At terms of 10 to 15 years and rates of 7.1% and 7.2%, respectively, the government issued treasury bonds worth Q471 million, equivalent to $61 million in the first auction of the year.
From a statement issued by the Ministry of Finance:
The Ministry of Finance held the first event issuing Treasury Bonds of the Republic of Guatemala for the Fiscal Year 2017, where, as in the first event in 2016, investors showed a level high interest, and on that occasion demand amounted to Q.2,884.46 million.
The "Trump effect", added to the upward pressure caused by inflation in US interest rates, explains the upward trend in the performance of Costa Rican bonds and the fall in their price.
A resumption of the upward trend seen in debt securities traded on the international market could make it difficult for the government access external financing, in a context in which most bonds from emerging market countries are experiencing the same situation.If the government decides to resort to financing in the international market, the cost of doing so would be higher if bond yields continue to rise.
With the backing of Congress the National Electricity Company aims to raise money on the international market in order to improve its debt profile.
Converting short-term debt which has high rates to debt with longer maturities and with lower interest rates, is what the National Electricity Company (ENEE) is aiming for in the external market.Congressional authorization allows the ENEE to issue up to $858 million in debt.
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