Ecuador Bonds Rally as Millionaire Banker Wins Presidency
Ecuador Bonds Rally as Millionaire Banker Wins Presidency Bloomberg 17 mins ago Stephan Kueffner and Sydney Maki (Bloomberg) -- Ecuadorean bonds rallied after career banker Guillermo Lasso won the presidential election with a late surge in support, calming investors who thought his opponent was likely to lead the default-prone country into insolvency once again. Lasso beat out economist Andres Arauz, a left-wing protege of former President Rafael Correa, by a solid margin in Sunday’s runoff vote. Arauz, who conceded defeat, won February’s first round by 13 percentage poi...