Borrowers: Bring on the corporates

US interest rate rises are an ever-present threat to Latin American bonds, but market bulls reckon such rises won't be as destructive as they were in 1994. Sovereign borrowing is easing, privatization is under way, rating upgrades of some corporates have left more room for lesser names and securitization is taking off. So corporates look likely to capture a much bigger market share. Michael Marray reports

Borrowers: Borrowers start to play a strategic game

Latin American corporate bond issuance is on the upturn, with a long list of first-time issuers looking towards international capital markets for funding. Bankers expect that over the next 18 months corporate credits will come to constitute a bigger proportion of overall Latin bond issuance, moving closer in market share to the sovereign credits and financial institutions that are now dominant.

There are several reasons for the new emphasis on corporate borrowers.

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