LatinFinance.
December was an unusually busy month for Latin American issuers with the tally eclipsing totals from the same month in 2018 and 2019, boosted by $3.9 billion in sovereign bonds sales, according to numbers from data provider Dealogic.
January, a month that has historically experienced a high volume of bond sales, is expected to be busy, but much of what happens in the first quarter depends on how interest rates behave, how countries distribute and administer COVID-19 vaccines, how local elections shape up and how negotiations with the International Monetary Fund (IMF) evolve in key countries, sources said.
"If activities normalize, I would expect a return to tenders and a greater use of proceeds to extend maturity profiles," said Alfredo Mordezki, head of Latin America fixed income at Santander Asset Management.