Americas

The Province of Quebec (Aa2/A+/AA-) sold an A$80m ($61m) tap of its May 2026 Kanga bond on Wednesday.

CEEMEA is focused on one issuer this week, Ghana, as Latin America borrowers ignore the summer break.

Bancomext, the Mexican government development bank run by the country’s former public debt chief, Alejandro Díaz de León, will ready a subordinated bond issuance on Wednesday with investor meetings in five cities.

Chile’s national oil company Enap raised $700m of senior unsecured bonds on Tuesday as an attractive new issue concession tempted investors despite the company’s high leverage.

US federal agencies have agreed a final rule exempting some commercial and financial derivatives counterparties from having to pay margin on trades not cleared through a clearing house.

US coatings manufacturer Axalta priced its $875m dual currency offering on Tuesday as it brought this week’s second cross-border bond, at pre-Brexit pricing levels.

GlobalCapital is pleased to announce the preliminary shortlist of nominees for its Global Derivatives Awards 2016. Nominations are based upon market feedback and research conducted in recent months. Winners will be unveiled at a gala dinner in London in September.

Honduras-headquartered development bank Cabei (Central American Bank for Economic Integration) has issued its first ever green bond through a South African rand-denominated note sold to Japanese retail investors.

Tullett Prebon has entered an agreement to buy Creditex’s US hybrid voice broking business from Intercontinental Exchange.

EBS BrokerTec, ICAP’s electronic fixed income and foreign exchange business, has made a senior hire from Tradeweb to lead its BrokerTec Direct team for the Americas.

Tradition has entered a strategic partnership with LMRKTS to execute and compress foreign exchange forwards contracts.

The leveraged loan market remains one of the biggest sources of concern for the US Federal Reserve, which has cited it as the 'primary contributor' to the number of inadequate credits it examines.