Americas

Latin American development bank Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) is expected to rake in a substantial order book for its first dollar benchmark in over a year, according to bankers close to the deal.

In a hearing held last week, the US House Agriculture Committee’s Subcommittee on Commodity Exchanges, Energy, and Credit heard testimony about the effects of Dodd-Frank regulations on end-users of derivatives.

Warren Buffett, who once referred to derivatives as financial 'weapons of mass destruction', still claims to dislike their complicated structures, but sophisticated options trades and bank stakes belie this stance.

Money market fund reform regulation which comes into force in October this year will have serious consequences for banks’ funding. What are they doing about it?

The US state of Delaware is embarking on a blockchain and smart contract technology programme in the hope that this will lower transaction costs, speed up and automate manual processes, and reduce fraud.

The International Swaps and Derivatives Association is moving to distance itself from the process by which credit derivatives disputes are resolved, having offered up to tender its secretarial role on the regional determinations committees (DCs).

TriOptima, the over-the-counter post trade service provider, has teamed up with the Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation on reconciling data reported by Australian, Hong Kong and Singapore firms to the DTCC’s Global Trade Repository.

Manulife US Real Estate Investment Trust started taking orders for its $470m Singapore IPO on Tuesday and is hoping to woo investors following a failed attempt at a listing last year.

Argentine province Neuquén launched an exchange offer for its existing senior secured 2021s on Monday, the same it began a three day roadshow with fixed income investors ahead of a potential new 12 year deal backed by oil and gas royalties.

Colombian lender Banco de Bogotá is looking to issue up to $1bn of tier two 10 year notes, although Moody’s said that the bonds will do little to address the bank’s low capital ratio.

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Investors said the Argentine province of Neuquén would be feeling lucky that it had postponed a bond issue last September after the issuer this week announced a second roadshow in less than a year.