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All three agencies said publicly many months ago that they were looking for the tax reform to right the fiscal ship which has been listing badly ever since COVID struck - to put it bluntly, the authorities have failed to deliver - and it is on them.

This past week most headlines have been so contaminated with politics it has been hard to find much else to discuss. Everyone who ever picked up a banner and marched in Colombia is a descendant of Vladimir Lenin and anyone who ever owned a business has modeled it on the Victorian...

The big question is what Fitch (BBB-) & Moody's (Baa2) chose to now do. Will they wait to see what is contained within 'Tax Reform II' when it is resubmitted? The issue is that there is little clarity on when that will be. Congress will shut down for the holidays in just over a...

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Moody's changed to negative, from stable, the outlook on Bancolombia's ratings, while it maintained the negative rating outlook on Banco de Bogota and Davivienda. These actions follow the change in outlook to negative, from stable, on the Government of Colombia's Baa2 government...

The outlook change to negative reflects risks that the economic and fiscal effects of the coronavirus shock, which Moody's identifies as a social risk under its ESG framework, may leave a lasting impact on Colombia's fiscal strength and its overall credit profile.

Ratings firm Moody's Investors Service (Moody's) has upgraded LifeMiles Ltd.'s senior secured and corporate family ratings to B1 from B2. The outlook has been revised to stable from negative.

Moody’s Investors Service has assigned a Ba3(hyb) rating to the proposed US Dollar-denominated contractual non-viability Tier 2 subordinated notes to be issued by Bancolombia S.A. (NYSE:CIB) of Medellín, Colombia. The notes will be due in 2029. The capital securities are...

Banco de Bogotá has reached an agreement with Multi Financial Group (MFG), Panama’s eighth largest banking group by assets, to acquire 100% of its common capital for about $730 million dollars in an all-cash transaction. The proposed acquisition will add $5 billion to Banco...