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Bloomberg
03-07-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Colombia Sees ‘Unprecedented' Swiss Franc Loans Easing Debt Cost
Colombia is seeking to borrow as much as $10 billion in Swiss francs to fund the repurchase of more expensive liabilities in a bid to rein in the nation's burgeoning debt service costs. The government is in talks with at least eight major international banks to secure financing to buy back bonds denominated in Colombian pesos and US dollars, public credit director Javier Cuellar said. The loans would have a low interest rate, but increase the impact of exchange rate fluctuations.
Bloomberg
07-05-2025
- Business
- Bloomberg
Colombia to Embrace Fiscal Transparency in a Bid to Regain Trust
Colombia plans to be more open about the true state of its public finances in a bid to regain investor trust and thereby cut borrowing costs, according to the nation's director of public credit. The country is paying a higher risk premium for a perceived lack of transparency, which has generated investor skepticism, said Javier Cuellar, who is in charge of the nation's financing strategy.
Reuters
31-03-2025
- Business
- Reuters
Colombia's new director of Public Credit to seek rebuilding market confidence
Bogota, March 31 (Reuters) - Colombia's new Public Credit director, Javier Cuellar, will seek to renew market confidence, the executive said Monday, amid growing uncertainty stemming from the country's cloudy fiscal outlook and the recent replacement of its finance minister. Cuellar, who served as president of the National Guarantee Fund, replaced Jose Roberto Acosta as the head of Public Credit earlier this month. Get a look at the day ahead in U.S. and global markets with the Morning Bid U.S. newsletter. Sign up here. The incoming executive called a meeting to be held Tuesday with market-making agents, who participate in domestic public debt auctions, the main source of financing for public spending after tax collection. "I will make decisions very quickly to rebuild market confidence," Cuellar wrote in a message to a market participant obtained by Reuters. "In my new role, my priority will be strengthening investment appetite, championing fiscal responsibility and technical decisions that promote a path to public debt sustainability," he added. During his inauguration last week, Colombia's incoming Finance Minister, German Avila, said that the country will have to make adjustments to public spending and debt in order to face the government's fiscal difficulties. The minister's appointment, who replaced Diego Guevara—who held his post for less than three months—increased uncertainty in the markets about the future of the South American country's deteriorating public finances.
