Underwriters of Brazil’s corporate bonds, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc., are heading into 2015 with diminished expectations.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the national oil company that accounted for 35 percent of corporate issuance out of Brazil in 2014, says it doesn’t plan to sell bonds next year. Some companies may be ensnared by a widening bribery investigation into the oil producer, according to JPMorgan. Borrowing costs that surged to a five-year high this month may also deter first-time issuers, Citigroup predicts.
After a record $33 billion of first-half issuance in 2014, bond sales from Brazil all but stopped. In the last six months, companies raised just $5.8 billion, the least since the credit crisis. The underwriters anticipate bond sales to remain depressed in the new year as Brazil struggles to emerge from a recession that’s pushed its credit rating to the cusp of junk.
Underwriters of Brazil’s corporate bonds, including JPMorgan Chase & Co. and Citigroup Inc., are heading into 2015 with diminished expectations.
Petroleo Brasileiro SA, the national oil company that accounted for 35 percent of corporate issuance out of Brazil in 2014, says it doesn’t plan to sell bonds next year. Some companies may be ensnared by a widening bribery investigation into the oil producer, according to JPMorgan. Borrowing costs that surged to a five-year high this month may also deter first-time issuers, Citigroup predicts.
After a record $33 billion of first-half issuance in 2014, bond sales from Brazil all but stopped. In the last six months, companies raised just $5.8 billion, the least since the credit crisis. The underwriters anticipate bond sales to remain depressed in the new year as Brazil struggles to emerge from a recession that’s pushed its credit rating to the cusp of junk.
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