A $500 million seven-year bond deal remains on schedule to price in New York tonight Friday on an indicative yield of 9.25% to 9.50%. With Bear Stearns as bookrunner and JPMorgan as joint-lead, the deal carries a Baa3BBB- rating, one notch above the sovereign ceiling, as a result of its political risk insurance PRI.
Outside the lead management group, however, there is virtually no one who considers the whole process to have been anything other than a complete farce and many bankers believe a deal is only being printed because of the presence of Arroya, Camacho and Edeza in New York.
Edeza has been with Napocor on roadshows, while Camacho and...
