JP Morgan

JP Morgan has risen to the top of Dealogic’s euro denominated SSA (excluding US agencies) bookrunner league table to keep it within touching distance of taking the reins from HSBC at the end of the year.

The Republic of Tunisia hit screens on Thursday, announcing a roadshow to promote a euro benchmark — the nation’s first since February 2017.

Investors were in defensive mode in the dollar market this week as they snapped up short dated trades and floating rate notes, with demand particularly heavy from central banks and official institutions. Bankers are hopeful that benchmark supply will return next week.

Conagra Brands tucked away a $7bn bond deal just days after market volatility forced it to postpone the trade.

The loan market is weighing up the fate of billions of dollars worth of deals after the disappearance and possible murder of Jamal Khashoggi, a prominent Saudi journalist who had criticised the regime. Mariam Meskin and Mike Turner report.

Public sector borrowers could bring dollar benchmarks next week ahead of the limited funding windows of November. Floating rate issuance was the main play in the sector this week, with Municipality Finance falling just short of full subscription as it brought the latest in the format on Thursday.

Mongolia received a huge vote of confidence from investors on Tuesday, when the Development Bank of Mongolia raised $500m from a bond that received orders exceeding $4bn at its peak. The country’s turnaround story and the issuer’s savvy around execution helped cement the transaction.

San Miguel Food and Beverage (SMFB) unveiled a sharply scaled-down secondary offering as it turned cautious after the global selloff in equity markets, with its deal now expected to raise just Ps33.1bn ($613.8m).

A veteran EM trader has been put at risk of redundancy after 26 years with JP Morgan.

United Arab Emirates-based National Central Cooling Company (Tabreed) is embarking on a roadshow to market a debut senior unsecured dollar Reg S sukuk.

Secondary spreads in corporate bonds have widened in October, somewhat in line with the sell-off in all global markets. US credit spreads have suffered more than European, but some investors don’t see the move as material, for now.

UK power company Drax has signed bridge financing for a £702m acquisition of assets from Iberdrola, as the Spanish company shifts away from traditional energy sources.