Americas

CPPIB Capital came to market on Tuesday for a green benchmark in Australian dollars, its first syndication in the currency.

LinkDoc Technology, a cancer-focused medical data company, has filed paperwork for a $100m offering of American depository shares (ADS).

Aihuishou International, a marketplace for second-hand electronics, has kicked off a $243.5m IPO on the New York Stock Exchange.

The Spac phenomenon in the US appears to be reaching a tipping point, after whetting the appetite of investors over the past year and offering juicy fees to investment banks. As the market in Asia gets ready for take off, firms should be wary of the obstacles they may face.

Credit Suisse has hired from a European rival to lead its Brazil DCM efforts as it edges up the LatAm bookrunner league tables.

SierraCol Energy, the Carlyle Group-owned spin-off of Occidental Petroleum’s onshore operations in Colombia, sold its inaugural international bond issue on Monday to continue a surge in LatAm high yield issuance — though some bankers felt the underwhelming aftermarket performance of other recent borrowers affected the deal.

A group of Suriname’s bondholders on Monday followed through on their threat to cancel the payment relief that they had offered the sovereign, effectively pushing the government into technical default. But the move only supports expectations that restructuring negotiations will be lengthy and fraught.

Bank of Nova Scotia (BNS) priced its first Sonia-linked Canadian covered bond, the largest ever issued against Sonia and the first from a Canadian bank in well over a year on Monday. A t the same time TSB mandated leads for another Sonia linked covered bond.

StoneCo, the Brazilian financial technology firm, debuted in international bond markets on Friday with a seven year benchmark that it will partially use to finance an investment in digital bank Banco Inter.

As much as everyone would like to put the UK's messy divorce from the EU behind them, it remains a very live topic — especially for bankers who don't want to live in Frankfurt.

Chinese ride-hailing firm Didi Chuxing has publicly filed for what is likely to be a jumbo IPO in the US, putting in motion its founders’ plans to become a ‘truly global technology company’.

Frontera Energy on Thursday became the latest Latin America oil and gas company to take advantage of strong oil prices to tap bond markets, with the company — which operates mostly in Colombia — increasing the size of a five year deal and attracting a broad range of investors.