Americas

Latin American supranational Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) priced a Sfr200m ($203m) eight year bond on Tuesday with its lowest coupon on an international bond deal.

BNP Paribas played it safe on Wednesday, printing its $1.5bn AT1 in US hours to avoid any potential fall-out from the China related sell-off.

Markit has agreed to buy CoreOne Technologies, a provider of regulatory reporting, index management, data management and prime brokerage services to financial institutions.

US Reit Medical Properties on Wednesday sold its €500m unsecured bond drawing attention from investment and non-investment grade buyers by being the only corporate issue of the day.

Ukraine’s sovereign debt restructuring, Argentinian primary elections and a potential Turkish coalition government are keeping debt bankers alert while the primary bond market takes its summer break.

For the second time in two weeks a negative rating action on the Brazilian sovereign triggered a positive reaction in the country’s securities after Moody’s downgrade the country from Baa2 to Baa3.

Nasdaq’s aggressive entry into energy futures markets has coincided with macro-economic forces that threaten to dampen investor interest in the space.

Medical Properties, the US real estate investment trust, held a call with European bond investors on Tuesday, for the second time this year, as it prepares to sell euro notes.

Berenberg has strengthened its US-focused team, hiring a new chief economist to focus on the region.

Latin American supranational Corporación Andina de Fomento (CAF) priced a Sfr200m ($203m) eight year bond on Monday with its lowest coupon ever on an international bond deal.

Three of the UK’s biggest banks raised $5bn in senior and sub notes across the curve in the dollar market on Monday, while ING Bank still managed to beat them all in terms of size.

Colombian state oil company Ecopetrol has hired María Fernanda Suárez Londoño, a former head of the country’s public credit unit, as corporate vice-president of finance and strategy.