Chile

Chile published its first sustainable bond framework on Wednesday, saying it wanted to build on the last year’s green bond issues to further diversify its investor base.

Chile, the only Latin American sovereign to have issued a green bond, is weighing up different thematic bonds as it makes its funding plans for 2021.

Chile, which in 2019 became the first Latin America sovereign to issue a green bond, is weighing up different thematic bonds as it makes its funding plans for 2021, according to a senior funding official.

Chile's sovereign dollar bonds hardly budged in Monday trading despite its electorate voting to change the country's constitution the night before. But analysts believe uncertainty along the road to a new political agreement could harm investment, and the new constitution will likely drive up government spending.

Chilean copper mining company Antofagasta, the longest continuously listed company on the London Stock Exchange, clinched its first international bond on Thursday as Latin American bond markets continued their recovery from recent wobbles.

Chilean energy company Empresa Eléctrica Angamos will repurchase nearly 80% of its bonds due 2029 after achieving strong participation in a tender offer despite the complaints of one bondholder advocacy group.

Chilean energy company Empresa Eléctrica Angamos will repurchase nearly 80% of its bonds due 2029 after achieving strong participation in a tender offer despite the complaints of one bondholder advocacy group.

Antofagasta plc, the Chilean copper miner that is the longest continuously listed company on the London Stock Exchange, began investor calls on Monday as it turned to bond markets for the first time.

Chilean energy company Empresa Eléctrica Angamos has told GlobalCapital it has no intention of amending a tender offer for its senior secured 2029 bonds to satisfy a bondholder advocacy group that had labelled the deal “unfair”. Nearly two thirds of Angamos creditors have already participated.

Chilean state railway operator Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE) debuted in international bond markets on Tuesday, achieving the lowest yield ever achieved by a Latin American corporate on a 30 year issue on the back of an eight times oversubscribed order book.

Empresa de los Ferrocarriles del Estado (EFE), the only operator of long distance passenger railways in Chile, is looking to debut in international bond markets with a 10 or 30 year bond of up to $500m.

Chilean non-bank financial institution Tanner is joining the slew of Latin American companies turning to bond markets as it holds investor calls ahead of a proposed five year amortising note.