Colombia’s ‘Cowboy’ Bond Chief Engineers Rally Loaded With Risks
Javier Cuellar is making very large bets. He doesn’t shy from this. Upon launching a complex $9 billion debt deal in Swiss francs, dollars and pesos, Cuellar, Colombia’s public credit...
By Vinicius Andrade, Nicolle Yapur, Oscar Medina · Bloomberg Markets
Javier Cuellar is making very large bets. He doesn’t shy from this. Upon launching a complex $9 billion debt deal in Swiss francs, dollars and pesos, Cuellar, Colombia’s public credit director, declared the risk he was taking was so great it had no precedent in the country’s history.