Citi
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Citi has appointed Cristina Paviglianiti and Luca Sabbatini to run markets and securities services in Italy, adding to a series of recent appointments across its European investment bank. -
India’s Yes Bank ended its Rp150.2bn ($2bn) share sale without enough demand to cover the deal, after a low turnout from individual investors.
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Bonds from Indian corporations were among the worst performing investment grade deals in Asia last week. The primary market also suffered, with one deal cancelled and another put on hold.
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Hexaware Technologies, an Indian software company majority owned by Baring Private Equity Asia, has mandated nine banks for a $600m take-private loan.
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Mindspace Business Parks Real Estate Investment Trust is ready to take India's nascent Reit market further with the country's second listing from the asset class.
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Just two benchmark issuers — Mars and Hewlett-Packard Enterprises — came to the US corporate bond market this week, as earnings season pushed corporate America into blackout. But after a short lull, bankers expect a spike in issuance as companies try to fund before the US election.
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The Inter-American Investment Corporation (IDB Invest) received its biggest ever order book as it came to the market this week for its latest Covid-19 response bond. The strong demand allowed the issuer to comfortably print its joint-biggest deal flat to fair value.
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A trio of SSA borrowers hit the market for dollar paper this week, testing the waters across the curve and finding investors receptive. Although the top tier names are mostly well funded, demand is still hot for the extra yield offered by the second layer of SSA borrowers.
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Mexican real estate investment trust Fibra Uno returned to the bond markets on Wednesday to price a postponed tap of its 2030 and 2050 notes.
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Banks are leading a revival in ECM business in India, with Yes Bank gunning for $2bn this week. There are also signs of activity in the country’s moribund IPO market, writes Jonathan Breen.
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Huge capital markets revenues helped US banks stack up more provisions against loan losses in the second quarter, as they prepare to weather the economic impact of the coronavirus pandemic. But analysts warn that firms will not be able to repeat this trick in the second half of 2020, with trading and underwriting returns likely to climb down from their peaks.
