Bloomberg.com By Camila Russo Argentina is completing its first local bond sale in five years as part of its efforts to return to global credit markets. The government is offering 4.4 billion pesos ($542 million) of three-year bonds today with yields tied to the benchmark Badlar rate plus…

Chinese President comes to launch the largest foreign investment in Argentina. China will invest  USD 4,714 million to build the mega-project and another USD 2,099 s for “Belgrano Cargas”. Interest in a bi-oceanic corridor in San Juan. Chinese President Xi Jinping will arrive in the…

Grupo BTG Pactual (BBTG11), the only investment bank publicly traded in Brazil, opened a commodities-trading unit in Buenos Aires this month, two people with direct knowledge of the matter said. Julian Roberts will head the business, according to one of the people, who asked not…

Bloomberg.com – By Pablo Gonzalez Chevron Corp. (CVX), the world’s third-largest oil company, signed an accord with Argentina’s YPF SA to invest $1.6 billion this year in shale development and become the country’s largest foreign producer of shale oil and natural gas. Chevron and state-run YPF plan…

Bloomberg.com By Camila Russo Argentine natural gas distributor shares are having their best week since October after the government allowed the first rate increases in 15 years. Transportadora de Gas del Norte SA shares have jumped 18 percent this week, the most since October, and were…