Latin America: Standard Chartered eyes sovereign mandates

‘Natural extension’ of bank’s credit strategy; reg capital deals still interesting to Latam banks.

Standard Chartered may begin pitching for mandates from Latin American sovereigns’ international debt capital markets transactions.

Rodrigo Gonzalez, head of debt capital markets for the Americas, says the bank has been expanding its credit trading team under its new management and, coupled with its strength in emerging markets, underwriting sovereign transactions in Latin America “could be a natural extension” of the bank’s fixed income ambitions.

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Rodrigo Gonzalez,
Standard Chartered

Gonzalez concedes the bank will face stiff competition should it decide to enter the sovereign fray.

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