MercoPress. South Atlantic News Agency

Ecuador issues 10-year sovereign bonds at 10.75% yield

Ecuador faces liquidity problems due to a bulky fiscal deficit and hefty external debt produced during the government of former President Rafael Correa

Ecuador’s finance ministry said it had placed about US$1 billion in 10-year sovereign bonds in the international market. Proceeds from the 10.75% bonds will be used to strengthen the country’s reserves and help fund this year’s budget which has financing needs of about US$ 8 billion, the ministry said in a statement.

“Ecuador has always been alert to a window of opportunity to go into the markets and this issue does not mean that the permanent dialogue and communication with other potential sources of financing, such as multilateral organizations and China, is closed,” it said.

Ecuador faces liquidity problems due to a bulky fiscal deficit and hefty external debt produced during the government of former President Rafael Correa.

The government said it obtained a yield that was 25 percentage points lower than the 11% established in the initial guide.

Citigroup, JP Morgan and Deutsche Bank are acting as placement leaders, according to IFR, a Refinitiv service, citing one of the agents in charge of the operation.