News of sale

YPF chief announces state firm will sell off Metrogas shares

30-10-2024 11:16 Horacio Marín, president of state energy firm YPF, says company will sell off its shares in distributor Metrogas during speech to regional production forum.

STATE SELL OFF

Government to auction off more than 400 state properties

25-10-2024 22:14 Argentina’s government will put 400 properties up for auction in a bid to raise some US$800 million. Properties are either not being used, in bad condition or have large maintenance costs for the state.

BUSINESS

Havanna, maker of Argentina’s famed alfajor treats, explores unit sale

13-09-2024 08:00 Havanna, maker of Argentina’s most famous brand of the dulce de leche-infused confections known as alfajores, is exploring a sale of its operations in Latin America, including Argentina.

ENERGY & GAS

YPF moves to sell units as it ramps up divestments in shale push

09-08-2024 15:48 State-run oil company, YPF SA, is moving to sell several business units and stakes as its divestment plan kicks in.

AGRICULTURE & ECONOMY

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

13-04-2024 16:59 Nutrien, the world’s largest maker of fertilisers, says it is looking to sell its retail operations in Argentina, Chile and Uruguay.

ENERGY & GAS

Argentina shale driller Vista eyes Exxon assets in growth push

21-02-2024 15:58 Shale oil producer Vista Energy eyeing assets put up for sale by Exxon Mobil Corp as it looks to accelerate growth in Vaca Muerta formation.

MILEI (AND MACRI) VERSUS AFA

Milei moves to allow privatisation of Argentina’s football clubs

21-12-2023 15:40 AFA and sporting institutions ready to challenge libertarian leader’s move; President intends to let clubs “take it or leave it,” says official.

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LOCAL DEBT PILE

Argentina sells US$2 billion in peso debt after ordering bond swap

22-03-2023 21:56 Argentina sells close to 417 billion pesos (US$2 billion) in peso-denominated notes and bonds via auction, latest step in managing a massive local debt pile as the government seeks to extend maturities until after October elections.

Central Bank reserves

Government obliges state bodies to convert dollar bonds into pesos

22-03-2023 17:00 State entities are to sell their dollar bonds on the market in return for peso debt bonds issued by the Treasury with the aim of taming surges in the CCL and MEP parallel but legal exchange rates.

MARKETS

Bonds slide after government orders public sector sale

22-03-2023 12:17 Argentina’s sovereign-risk spread over US Treasuries widened as many as 126 basis points on Wednesday to almost 2,500, its widest in four months.

News of sale

YPF chief announces state firm will sell off Metrogas shares

Government to auction off more than 400 state properties

Havanna, maker of Argentina’s famed alfajor treats, explores unit sale

YPF moves to sell units as it ramps up divestments in shale push

World’s top fertiliser maker plans exit from Argentina, Chile

Argentina shale driller Vista eyes Exxon assets in growth push

Milei moves to allow privatisation of Argentina’s football clubs

Argentina sells US$2 billion in peso debt after ordering bond swap

Government obliges state bodies to convert dollar bonds into pesos

Bonds slide after government orders public sector sale

Stories that caught our eye: December 13 to 20

Argentina takes steps to speed up Milei’s dollarisation strategy

Colombia offers to safeguard Maduro foes at Argentina's Embassy as stand-off deepens

Milei, Caputo increasing bullish as they outline new IMF deal timeline

IMF in talks with Argentina on loan to succeed US$44-billion deal

Sin moratoria previsional en 2025, aseguran que sólo 1 de cada 10 mujeres podrá jubilarse

Uno de los asilados en la Embajada argentina en Caracas se entregó a la justicia chavista

Culiao: para investigador del Conicet la campaña de Córdoba Turismo "merece un aplauso"

El canciller Gerardo Werthein intimó a la periodista Natasha Niebieskikwiat: "Es un caso de censura previa"

Argentina producirá café por primera vez en su historia: ¿Cómo fue posible hacerlo?