Investment banking: BTG Pactual boosts its Brazilian leadership

Issues $500 billion international bond; Raises $1.6 billion for private equity fund

BTG Pactual has reinforced its position as Brazil’s leading independent investment bank by issuing a $500 million international bond and by raising one of the biggest private equity funds in Latin America.

On June 30, the bank’s Cayman Islands branch priced the US dollar-denominated five-year bond, yielding 5%. It was heavily oversubscribed, with demand reaching $1.25 billion.

BTG Pactual had been working on the deal since last year but only offered it after the Cayman Islands office was authorized as a bank branch on June 13.

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