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Viv Rodrigues

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I manage Emerging Markets coverage @business in NY/London. via @FT & @Reuters. curator & aggregator of sorts. opinions are mine. retweets = interesting stuff

 New York City/London/Sao Paulo
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Joined February 2012
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#Mexico 's trend of giving Pemex cash bailouts and tax cuts that only have a temporary effect has led to a growing sense of fatigue among money managers who hold the debt bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @vizcainomariae @michaelob_mex @caroewilson

Pemex Bond Investors Are Tiring of AMLO’s Band-Aid Fixes

In his four and a half years in office, Mexican President Andres Manuel Lopez Obrador has placated Pemex investors by repeatedly giving the state oil company cash bailouts and tax cuts.

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Investors are unconvinced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to scale back a judicial system overhaul bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets

Netanyahu Struggles to Woo Investors Shaken by Turmoil in Israel

Investors are unconvinced by Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s pledge to scale back a judicial system overhaul that has triggered months of nationwide protests and threatened to weaken the...

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AMLO’s $4 Billion Pemex Lifeline Spurs Rally on Driller’s Debt bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @vizcainomariae @michelob_mex
AMLO Props Up Pemex Bulls as Bonds Soar After $4 Billion Bailout

AMLO Props Up Pemex Bulls as Bonds Soar After $4 Billion Bailout

Bonds from Mexican state-owned Petroleos Mexicanos jumped Friday, posting one of the best performances in emerging markets, after the government provided a $4 billion capital injection.

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Hedge Fund Bets There’s Value in El Salvador After 180% Bond Run bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @technology @vizcainomariae #ElSalvador #EmergingMarkets
Hedge Fund Bets There’s Value in El Salvador After 180% Bond Run

Hedge Fund Bets There’s Value in El Salvador After 180% Bond Run

A hedge fund that bought El Salvador bonds last year still sees value in the debt even after it posted a 180% return.

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⬇️⬇️⬇️⬇️ The selloff rocking Israeli markets deepened on Tuesday, with stocks, bonds and the currency all tumbling in the wake of a new law that curbs judicial oversight bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets #Israel
Netanyahu Has Unnerved Investors and Stoked a Painful Selloff in Israel

Netanyahu Has Unnerved Investors and Stoked a Painful Selloff in Israel

The selloff rocking Israeli markets deepened on Tuesday, with stocks, bonds and the currency all tumbling in the wake of a new law that curbs judicial oversight and heightens concern about the agenda...

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President Gustavo Petro's reform agenda spooked investors into frenetically bailing on Colombian debt. Now a turnaround has rewarded a handful of Wall Street's biggest names bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics #EmergingMarkets #Colombia @song_eleanor @omedinacruz
Leftist Leader’s Flop Hands Big Bond Gains to BlackRock, T Rowe

Leftist Leader’s Flop Hands Big Bond Gains to BlackRock, T Rowe

There was a time last year when investors bailed on Colombian debt at a frenetic pace. Spooked by the radical reform agenda of leftist President Gustavo Petro, the stampede was so intense that they...

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Troubled governments that devalue their currencies tend to benefit from the decision, underscoring the tool’s usefulness in the face of crisis, according to the Institute of International Finance bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @vizcainomariae
Currency Devaluations Touted by IIF to Aid Troubled Economies

Currency Devaluations Touted by IIF to Aid Troubled Economies

Troubled governments that devalue their currencies tend to benefit from the decision, underscoring the tool’s usefulness in the face of crisis, according to the Institute of International Finance.

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Companies in #Argentina are jumping at the chance to refinance their debt at rock-bottom rates ahead of key primary elections next month bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @squires_esq #EmergingMarkets #Argentina $USD
Argentina’s Companies Rush to Raise Dollars Before Election Volatility

Argentina’s Companies Rush to Raise Dollars Before Election Volatility

Companies in Argentina are jumping at the chance to refinance their debt at rock-bottom rates as investors brace for more financial volatility before key primary elections next month.

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exclusive => Brazilian hedge-fund behemoth SPX Capital apologized to holders of one of its funds after a badly timed bet on its home country eroded returns bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @andradevini3 #EmergingMarkets #Brazil

Hedge Fund SPX Offers Mea Culpa for Wrong-Way Brazil Bets

Brazilian hedge-fund behemoth SPX Capital apologized to holders of one of its funds after a badly timed bet on its home country eroded returns.

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Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Irene Velez, a radical environmentalist who opposed new oil exploration contracts, quit Wednesday amid a separate scandal bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @climate
Colombia’s Radical Oil Minister Irene Velez Quits Amid Scandal

Colombia’s Radical Oil Minister Irene Velez Quits Amid Scandal

Colombia’s Mines and Energy Minister Irene Velez, a radical environmentalist who opposed new oil exploration contracts, quit Wednesday amid a scandal.

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=> => Nigeria’s official currency exchange rate is once again widening a gap with the parallel-market rate, shrugging off a brief convergence spurred by central bank actions bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @Emeleonu @robbrand #Africa #Nigeria #EmerginMarkets

Nigerian Central Bank Is Losing a Battle to Close Naira-Rate Gap

Nigeria’s official currency exchange rate is once again widening a gap with the parallel-market rate, shrugging off a brief convergence spurred by central bank actions.

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scoop: Billionaire Gilinski Is Said to Raise Bid for Colombia’s Exito bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @ezrafieser @andradevini3 #Colombia #EmergingMarkets
Billionaire Gilinski Raises Bid for Colombian Retailer Exito

Billionaire Gilinski Raises Bid for Colombian Retailer Exito

Billionaire banker Jaime Gilinski ramped up his bid to take control of Colombian grocery store chain Almacenes Exito, according to a draft letter seen by Bloomberg and later confirmed in a regulatory...

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China’s slowing growth is weighing on its stocks, widening their underperformance versus emerging-market peers to the widest margin since at least 1999 bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @SriniSivabalan #emergingmarkets
China Assets Lag EM Peers by Most in Decades as Growth Sputters

China Assets Lag EM Peers by Most in Decades as Growth Sputters

Emerging markets are shrugging off China’s sputtering growth recovery, rallying the most this month since January while leaving behind the assets of the world’s second-biggest economy.

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Wall Street spent more than $350,000 to lobby NY lawmakers on bills that aimed to overhaul the process for restructuring sovereign debt, according to a Bloomberg calculation bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @song_eleanor #emergingmarkets #WallStreet

Wall Street Spent $350,000 Lobbying EM Debt Restructuring Bills

Wall Street spent more than $350,000 to lobby New York lawmakers on bills that aimed to overhaul the process for restructuring sovereign debt, according to a Bloomberg calculation of lobbyist filings.

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Argentina’s overseas bonds climbed Monday after the nation’s opposition coalition pummeled the left-leaning incumbent in a primary gubernatorial election bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets #Argentina @scottsquires80 @manuelatobiasm
Argentina Bonds Jump After Opposition Wins Province Primary Vote

Argentina Bonds Jump After Opposition Wins Province Primary Vote

Argentina’s overseas bonds climbed Monday after the nation’s opposition coalition pummeled the left-leaning incumbent in a primary gubernatorial election Sunday night.

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With higher interest rates appearing locked in for longer globally, incentives to wait for better deals are evaporating bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @ColleenGoko @YIbukun #EmergingMarkets

Gap Opens For Frozen High-Yield Emerging-Market Dollar Deals

The waiting game for some of the riskier emerging-market borrowers is coming to an end.

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Macro trader Greg Coffey is betting there’s room for Brazil’s central bank to embark on a much more aggressive easing cycle when policymakers gather next month bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @andradevini3 @nishantkumar07 #Brazil #EmergingMarkets ⬇️
Greg Coffey’s Hedge Fund Says Markets Are Wrong on Brazil Rates

Greg Coffey’s Hedge Fund Says Markets Are Wrong on Brazil Rates

Macro trader Greg Coffey is betting there’s room for Brazil’s central bank to embark on a much more aggressive easing cycle when policymakers gather next month.

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Just 15 days into the job, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has pulled the right levers for markets bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @bpolitics #Nigeria #Africa #emergingmarkets @osaeB @Emeleonu
Tinubu’s 15 Days Give Market a Glimpse of Nigeria Turnaround

Tinubu’s 15 Days Give Market a Glimpse of Nigeria Turnaround

Just two weeks into the job, Nigeria’s President Bola Tinubu has pulled the right levers for markets: ridding the country of a costly fuel subsidy, removing a controversial central bank governor, and...

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💰 Esta semana en mercados emergentes: Tasas de la Reserva Federal, Banco Central Europeo y Banco de China, Pakistán en la dirección opuesta, la inflación en Argentina y más! @SheryAhnNews nos cuenta lo que se viene esta semana en mercados emergentes: trib.al/YBE4a0b
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A proposed NY law would limit how much investors are allowed to recoup when countries default on their debts (this has the potential to impact ~$900bn worth of debt!!) bloomberg.com/news/articles/… via @markets @song_eleanor #emergingmarkets

How a New York Bill Could Help Fix the Sovereign Debt Crisis

Lawmakers in New York State, whose laws govern roughly half the foreign bonds issued by emerging-market countries — about $800 billion of outstanding debt — are considering legislation that would...

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