Americas

The UK’s vote to leave the European Union on Thursday put paid to at least two bond announcements in Latin America but traders said the reaction in secondary markets was nowhere near as brutal as expected.

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Japan’s Honma Golf is planning a Hong Kong IPO under sole sponsor Morgan Stanley, according to its draft prospectus.

Several Latin American borrowers are lining up bond roadshows, undeterred by the UK’s vote to stay or leave the European Union, to add to the six names already in the visible pipeline.

Brazilian telecoms giant Oi filed for bankruptcy this week, after the company refused to meet bondholders’ demands for a restructuring that would have seen creditors take a 95% share of the company.

Canadian-Colombian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production has raised $500m of debtor-in-possession (DIP) financing from certain existing bondholders and private equity firm Catalyst Capital as it looks to wrap up a restructuring of its debt, including $4bn of bonds.

A slump in high-grade issuance has prompted fears of a prolonged slowdown in US corporate bond supply, with borrowers shelving their funding plans until the autumn.

Mizuho has hired Christopher Nam for its West coast technology investment banking team, a big part of the bank’s US expansion drive.

Canadian-Colombian oil company Pacific Exploration & Production has raised $500m of debtor-in-possession financing from certain existing bondholders and private equity firm Catalyst Capital as it looks to wrap up a restructuring of its debt — including $4bn of bonds.

Argentine confectionary group Arcor is looking to buy back all its existing dollar bonds ahead of a return to international capital markets scheduled for shortly after the Brexit referendum.

Emerging market credit has ridden the uncertainties of the UK’s European referendum this week and made considerable gains on Monday and Tuesday as support for Remain edged ahead in polls.

Argentine confectionary group Arcor, the best rated issuer in Argentina, is likely to announce a bond imminently, after it mandated a trio of banks to run a benchmark dollar issue.