Americas
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Latin America’s largest telecoms company, América Móvil, sold dollar bonds for the first time in seven years on Monday, returning to refinance debt and establish two benchmarks.
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Data from the US Commodity Futures Trading Commission suggests that institutional investors' positioning in bitcoin futures swung away from bullishness last week.
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Chinese smart wearable technology company Huami is issuing new shares through a follow-on American Depositary Shares (ADS) offering of up to $150m.
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On Friday, JP Morgan and Wells Fargo posted falls in investment banking revenue for last quarter. But debt underwriting business was a bright spot for both banks.
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Empresa de Transmisión Eléctrica (Etesa), the sole electricity transmission company in Panama with exclusive rights to the network, began investor meetings last Friday as it plots an inaugural international bond.
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In this round-up, China and the US agree to set up enforcement offices, the People's Bank of China reshuffles its monetary policy board and the finance ministry tightens rules on Panda accounts.
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Peruvian power transmission company Transmantaro beat pricing expectations on Thursday, as it clinched a $400m green bond that hit the sweet spot for duration, provenance and credit quality.
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Investors in steel producer Companhia Siderúrgica Nacional appear to care far more about the company’s ability to push out $1bn of imminent debt maturities than pricing intricacies. The Brazilian issuer had a far better time in primary markets on Wednesday than on its last outing.
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International bond investors have admitted to being impressed at the market’s capacity to absorb local currency paper after Peruvian conglomerate Alicorp sold the second global sol bond in the space of a week.
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The Republic of Panama sold local bonds to international investors for the first time on Wednesday as it looks to deepen its domestic debt markets.
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Sentiment in the dollar corporate bond market remained upbeat this week, even after jumbo deals from Broadcom and Saudi Aramco traded softly.
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The new World Bank president used his first public statement to pledge to increase efforts to ensure China was more transparent in its lending to Africa.