Americas

NEX Group on Thursday launched an end-to-end reporting platform that will help clients navigate Europe's emerging regulatory landscape.

Alliance Data Systems Corporation (ADSC) raised €400m from a high yield bond on Thursday, taking euro issuance from US companies to 20% of all European sales in the asset class so far this year.

Meatpacker Marfrig sold $750m of seven year non-call three bonds on Wednesday as Brazilian issuers take centre stage in Latin American primary markets after a great run in secondary.

Toronto Dominion had less luck than its Canadian peers when it issued the third sterling Canadian covered bond of the year this week. Even though the transaction offered a hefty concession there was only sufficient demand to issue in half the size of the previous deals.

Latin America’s largest sovereign Brazil raised $1bn in international bond markets on Tuesday, earning praise for its timing despite taking the unusual path of pricing at the wide end of guidance.

It has been all about sub debt in CEEMEA this week, as a trio of borrowers took advantage of investor appetite for yield to boost their capital bases.

Chile's Itaú CorpBanca has rolled out a $465m fundraising into syndication, with a number of invitations going to lenders in Asia.

Tighter trading levels for bank tier two in the dollar market could shed light on the future of the equivalent market in Europe. Stand by for spread tightening.

The government of Belize appears to have finally come to an agreement with bondholders after promising to ensure more prudent financial management as part of a debt restructuring.

Argentina has earned its first positive rating action since the triple upgrade that followed its emergence from default last year, as Moody’s placed the sovereign’s B3 rating on positive outlook on Monday evening.

Toronto Dominion became the third Canadian bank to issue a sterling covered bond benchmark this year with a deal launched on Monday. Despite an attractive spread, the book was slow to build and the deal size looked set to be smaller than average.

Hong Kong-based non-bank financial firm AMTD is looking to list its investment banking (IB) arm on top of the planned IPO of its insurance division, according to sources.