Ecuador's national electoral council (CNE) confirmed yesterday that conservative banker Guillermo Lasso came second in the first round of the country's presidential election vote on 7 February and will therefore progress to the second round. He will...

Ecuador's presidential election will go to a second round in April with the least market-friendly result appearing to emerge after the first round yesterday, rather than the run-off many had been expecting, according to preliminary results. An Arauz-...

Ecuador goes to the polls on Sunday and whatever happens, it will deliver a new president as incumbent Lenin Moreno is not standing after completing just one term. The second review is scheduled in April, although it will be the forward looking commi...

Ecuador (Caa3/B-/B-), on which we have a Hold, is a trade to watch next year pending the outcome of its presidential election in February, with a yield on the 0.5% 2030 of 12.9% on a mid-price basis as of cob 11 December on Bloomberg (at a mid-price...

Our Top 5 picks for 2021 are Buys on Angola, Ethiopia, Mozambique, Sri Lanka and Egypt T-bills. Seven other trades to watch – Ecuador, Pakistan, Ukraine, Turkish local & credit, other HY, local currency. Global tailwinds are expected to continue into...

We've seen a record number of sovereign defaults on bonded (external) debt this year according to our records, at least in terms of recent history, although it was becoming obvious we were heading for a record even by the middle of the year. Second,...