Americas
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Bank of America is covering more clients than ever in a quest to overhaul its rivals at the summit of the league table rankings, spelling further bad news for European banks, writes David Rothnie. -
Brazil’s Suzano tapped international bond investors for the fourth time since September on Tuesday, capitalising on a dearth of recent supply from Latin America and favourable sentiment towards the pulp and paper sector.
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Mexican media company Televisa returned to dollar bond markets after a three and a half year hiatus on Tuesday and was able to increase the size of a planned trade despite offering minimal concession.
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Xinjiang Goldwind Science and Technology is tapping the offshore loan market for a $475m green loan to support its windfarm projects in Argentina.
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Gran Tierra Energy, the Canada-listed oil and gas company that mostly operates in Colombia, ventured into bond markets for the second time on Monday to sell $300m of debt at a pick-up to its existing notes.
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Matthieu Pigasse has been appointed as global head of banking and deputy CEO of financial advisory at Lazard.
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In this round up, China’s foreign minister talked to Mike Pompeo on Saturday, HiSilicon launched ‘extreme survival contingency plan’ and the Chinese central bank told reporters it would keep renminbi rate reasonable
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Export Development Canada sold its second Sonia-linked floating rate note on Friday, which extends the issuer’s curve linked to the reference rate to 2024.
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In this round up, trade tension carried on intensifying as both sides rolled out more punitive moves, the People’s Bank of China and the Monetary Authority of Singapore signed a three year currency swap agreement and April’s industrial production and retail sales growth declined.
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Luckin Coffee has raised $561m from its Nasdaq listing after boosting the size of the original American Depository Shares (ADS) offer and closing the deal a day early, according to a banker on the mandate.
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Chile attracted more international investors than ever before into a local currency deal this week as it braved a volatile market to raise $1.5bn-equivalent of new money and a further $420m through an exchange of old bonds.
