Americas

Brazilian financial services firm XP opted for a five year maturity on its debut bond issue on Thursday, attracting $1.7bn of orders on the way to a $750m trade.

The dollar corporate bond market continued to show its resilience this week, but concerns are growing over a lack of supply in the run-up to the July 4 holiday weekend.

The Argentine province of Chaco wrapped up a debt restructuring on Thursday after more than 90% of its bondholders agreed to push out the maturity and reduce the coupon of its $250m 2024s. But the Province of Buenos Aires continued to frustrate bondholders, who said negotiations have stalled more than a year after the country’s largest regional government defaulted.

Wells Fargo hires Marriott from NatWest Markets — Créd Ag MD to join BNP Paribas SSA desk — SEB SSA DCM head off to New York — AFT hires funding official from Crédit Foncier — Citi promotes CEEMEA debt bankers — HSBC AM adds EM debt portfolio manager — EM seller heads from Credit Suisse to Barclays — Deutsche Bank hires head of US CLO syndication from JPM — Senior securitized product banker leaves Barclays — USSIM poaches BlackRock head of European ABS — Together treasurer departs for Pepper — Barclays poaches from JP Morgan for real estate IB push — Barclays hires from MS for head of Nordic banking

The dollar market this week was limited to just a few small trades, thanks primarily to a sudden lurch in rates provoked by last week’s Federal Open Market Committee meeting in the US.

HSBC’s quest to gain market share in investment banking took another turn this week with the latest revamp of its corporate finance structure in the US, which took place against a backdrop of relocations and reshuffles around the world, writes David Rothnie.

Glarner Kantonalbank dipped into the tier two market this week to raise an index eligible bond that may fund the redemption of the additional tier one (AT1) the bank rolled over in December due to coronavirus volatility. GLKB was joined on screens by a flurry of financial activity out of Chile.

Chinese technology companies are flocking back to the US for IPOs after months of poor market conditions and the regulatory crackdown on the sector brought deal flow to a near halt. There is more on the way too, as issuers look to wrap up deals before the summer slowdown. Jonathan Breen reports.

Panama sold $2bn of bonds across two tranches on Wednesday, including a $1.25bn 10 year local bond that was priced over 85bp wide of its global curve. Most observers thought it was an attractive pick-up for investors.

Mexican car parts maker Nemak sold $500m of sustainability-linked bonds on Wednesday in its first issue since it was spun off from conglomerate Grupo Alfa. Nemak’s deal was priced 25bp inside a recent SLB from its similarly rated peer Metalsa.

Dingdong (Cayman), a Chinese e-commerce company for fresh groceries, and its rival Missfresh are testing investor appetite at the same time for their US IPOs.

Frigorífico Concepción, the Paraguay beef exporter, is looking to sell new bonds to refinance its senior secured 2025s just six months after it last tapped the notes.