Americas

Just 16 days after Laurentino Cortizo took office as president, Panama tapped the bond market for its largest ever deal. The government said it needed to raise funds to make overdue payments.

Peruvian holding company Intercorp Peru is looking to tap bond investors for dollar and nuevo sol denominated funding as it seeks to refinance existing bonds and invest in its subsidiaries.

Mexican leasing company Docuformas offered a double-digit yield on its return to bond markets but was able to issue twice the amount of its last deal, offering its first index-eligible bond in the process.

Petrobras will buy back $1.79bn of dollar bonds to go with the $639m-equivalent it spent repurchasing sterling and euro notes last week, but the Brazilian state-owned oil giant’s debt buy-back looks set to fall below the $3bn target on this occasion.

Royal Bank of Canada and Credit Suisse turned to the euro market this week to launch bail-inable senior bonds, testing market conditions amid European earnings blackouts and before an expected break for the summer.

Online education platform Youdao is working with a pair of US banks for a potential New York listing, according to a source familiar with the matter.

Chinese robotics company CloudMinds has started sounding out investors for a $500m IPO of American Depository Shares (ADS) on the New York Stock Exchange, according to bankers close to the situation.

Real estate investment trust (Reit) Fibra Terrafina sold $500m of 10 year bonds on Monday, with hefty tightening allowing the borrower to price closer to its largest Mexican rival than expected.

The Carlyle Group has raised $3.1bn of investable capital and $2.4bn of equity commitments for its new credit opportunities fund, tapping investors’ interest in private debt to surpass the firm’s target goal.

The S&P 500 may have closed above 3,000 on Friday, a new record high for the index, but flow data suggests that few active managers are taking advantage of the bull market in primary or secondary.

The consortium building the second line of the Lima and Callao Metro in Peru will meet bond investors this week as it looks to finance a mandatory redemption of a portion of the borrower’s existing notes caused by delays in the project.

Six months after receiving the licence to rate Chinese domestic issuers and their issuance programmes, S&P Global (China) Ratings has provided its first rating in the Mainland.