Deals of the year: Latin America

Western Europe | Emerging Europe | Asia | North America

Western Europe  | Emerging Europe | Asia | North America

Best sovereign bond

Brazil

Type of deal: 43-month bond

Deal size: $1 billion

Date: April 2003

Advisers: UBS Warburg, Merrill Lynch

Latin debt had a banner year in 2003 and there’s no doubt which deal set the ball rolling. When Brazil issued its $1 billion 2007 bond at the end of April, it set the tone for the entire year.

The bond was a blowout: the leads received $7.3 billion in orders from 427 different participants in just 90 minutes.

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