Americas

The former chief executive officer of clearing house LCH.Clearnet has become CEO of a risk solutions firm as it launches a platform for margining bilateral non-cleared, over-the-counter derivatives trades

Moody’s removed the negative outlook on Argentina’s Caa1 rating as analysts said the political climate is looking more positive for holders of the sovereign’s debt.

Options and swaps market price action suggests that foreign investors are starting to believe that the macroeconomic and political risks for Brazilian assets have found a bottom.

BNP Paribas’ former co-head of fixed income has resurfaced at New York headquartered M&A advisory shop Foros as a senior advisor.

CME Group has signed a data agreement with non-profit technology firm FinTech Sandbox to provide start-up businesses with free access to historical futures and options data.

Two SSA issuers kept it short and sweet in dollars during a fairly quiet market on Monday. One has opted for a long three year floater and the other a fixed rate 2017.

FIG bankers breathed a sigh of relief at the US Federal Reserve’s proposal, released last Wednesday, for implementing Total Loss Absorbing Capacity (TLAC) rules for US Global Systemically Important Banks (G-SIBs), which is seen as less severe than may had anticipated. But the rule as proposed could damage secondary market liquidity.

The Petrobras corruption scandal continues to trouble the firm's business partners as Odebrecht Offshore Drilling Finance received another downgrade on Friday following the September cancellation of the ODN Tay IV contract.

Mexican government-owned development lender Nafin (Nacional Financiera) became the first Latin American financial institution to sell a green bond on Thursday in what one banker said was a landmark deal for the product in the region.

Peru on Tuesday became the latest Latin American sovereign to issue in euros and more could be on the way as the region’s borrowers look to make their mark in Europe in case dollar markets become more expensive.

Swiss insurer Ace Group printed the US market's biggest insurance deal of the year with a $5.3bn four trancher to help finance its $28.3bn acquisition of Chubb.

Abysmal quarterly earnings from Shell and other producers have left traders in oil futures trying to gauge whether the worst is over.