Independent Latin American Credit Research

For Wealth Managers & Qualified Investors

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Independent, institutional-grade credit analysis on Latin American corporates, banks and non-bank financial institutions — free from issuer relationships, banking ties or rating-agency conventions. Delivered as a rigorous, evidence-led input to European wealth managers, family offices and qualified investors seeking capital preservation and unconflicted credit judgement in their fixed-income allocations.

No issuer commissions, no trading-desk commitments, no conflicts of interest. Research is available directly, without the institutional gatekeeping that typically restricts access to quality credit work.

10+
years buy-side credit experience
LatAm
Chile · Peru · Colombia · Mexico · Brazil
IG + HY
investment grade and high yield
Conflict-free
no issuer, bank or desk ties

The model

A trusted analytical input for wealth stewards.

Elqui Bond Research delivers the rigorous, fact-traceable credit analysis European wealth managers and family offices require to act with conviction on Latin American fixed income. Each credit view is built bottom-up from filings, prospectuses and primary data — issuer profile, adjusted financials, scenarios, recovery, capital structure and covenants — and written to the standard of a credit committee, never a marketing note. Because the work is fully independent of issuers, banks and trading desks, the opinion is unconflicted: it reflects only what the evidence supports.

  • Fully independent of issuers, banks and trading desks: no research-for-fees, no rating conventions, no conflicts of interest.
  • Accessible to any qualified investor or wealth manager, regardless of custodian or trading relationships — institutional-grade work without the institutional gatekeeping.
  • We supply credit analysis as an input, not as personal investment advice, a recommendation or a rating.
  • Every claim in a dossier is traceable to a specific filing, prospectus or primary data point — transparency by construction.

Services

Analytical services, quietly rigorous.

Each service is delivered with the same independence of judgement: no issuer has paid for favourable coverage, no bank requires a trading relationship, and no opinion is adjusted to preserve a mandate. You receive the analysis a credit committee needs — directly and on terms scaled to the engagement.

01

Initial Credit Dossier

A full deep-dive on a Latin American issuer: business and industry, adjusted financials, leverage and liquidity, scenarios, recovery, capital structure and covenants — concluding in a considered narrative credit view.

02

Surveillance Updates

Ongoing monitoring of covered issuers with event-driven updates whenever fundamentals, structure or regional conditions shift — the recurring core of long-term stewardship.

03

Capital Structure & Covenant Analysis

Tranche-level risk mapping across the debt stack — seniority, collateral and documentation — so downside is understood before capital is committed.

04

Scenario & Recovery Analysis

Base and downside modelling with valuation-anchored recovery work across multiple methodologies, framing risk in the language of capital preservation.

05

Bespoke Analytical Support

Universe screening and tailored credit analysis on a client-specified list of Latin American issuers, matched to the client's coverage universe.

Approach

An evidence-led method, applied consistently.

  1. 01Financing purpose & capital structure — understanding why the debt exists
  2. 02Qualitative analysis — industry, strategy, governance, ESG and country risk
  3. 03Financial statement analysis — adjusted earnings, cash flow, leverage
  4. 04Forecasting & scenario analysis — base and downside cases
  5. 05Corporate valuation & recovery — multi-method TEV range
  6. 06Structuring & documentation review — covenants, seniority, collateral
  7. 07Credit assessment & analytical write-up for the investment committee

Every claim is traceable to a specific filing or primary data point. Modern quantitative and AI workflows widen coverage and reinforce consistency, but credit judgement remains human — and the investment decision remains, always, with the client. Independence is preserved throughout: the analyst has no economic interest in any issuer, bank or trading desk.

Coverage

Latin American Corporate Debt, in focus.

Coverage is deliberately concentrated on Latin American corporate debt — fixed-income securities and debt obligations of issuers domiciled in the region, or whose principal business activity takes place within it. Focus markets include Chile, Peru, Colombia, Mexico and Brazil, with selective work across the wider region as client mandates require.

Region
Latin AmericaChile · Peru · Colombia · Mexico · BrazilSelected issuers across the wider region
Sectors
CorporatesBanksNon-bank financial institutions
Instruments
Senior unsecuredSecured & structuredSubordinated & hybrid
Quality
Investment GradeHigh YieldCross-over
Currencies
USD (primary)EURLocal currency

Sample dossier

Review the work before you engage.

A redacted sample Credit Dossier is available on request. The same structure, analytical depth and evidentiary traceability you would receive on any covered Latin American issuer.

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About

Founder-led credit work.

Marco Lantermo, founder of Elqui Bond Research
Marco Lantermo · Founder

Marco Lantermo — Luxembourg-based credit analyst with 10+ years of buy-side experience on Latin American Corporate Debt, across investment grade and high yield. A career built inside award-winning fixed-income teams — recognised for long-term corporate credit performance — and now continued as a fully independent practice, free from issuer relationships, banking ties or the pressure to align opinions with mandates.

Fluent in Spanish, Portuguese and English, with professional working proficiency in French and Italian — a practical asset for European wealth managers and cross-border investors who prefer credit judgement explained clearly in their own language. The model is deliberately direct: a conversation with the analyst, not a sales desk. Whether you need a single dossier, ongoing surveillance or independent research on a specific issuer you're evaluating, the engagement is scoped to the coverage required — without requiring a banking relationship, minimum ticket size or trading volume.

Every dossier reads like a credit committee memo: bottom-up fundamentals, adjusted financials, scenarios, recovery, capital structure and covenants — with every claim traceable to a filing or a primary data point. Opinions are not smoothed to preserve a banking mandate or an issuer relationship; front-office judgement is paired with a quantitative edge — a Master's in Data Science and applied Python, AI and LLM tooling used to widen coverage and reinforce consistency, without ever diluting analytical rigour.

Elqui Bond Research is the continuation of that track record as an independent practice — the same institutional standard of Latin American credit analysis, delivered directly to the wealth-management teams and qualified investors who value preservation, transparency and considered long-term stewardship.

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Contact

Start with a direct conversation.

Share, in a few lines, the mandate and the coverage needs of your practice. There is no gatekeeping, no requirement to trade or to be an existing bank client — just a direct reply with a scoped proposal and, on request, a redacted sample dossier.

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