North America

Steven Halperin, co-head of EMEA equity capital markets at Barclays Capital, is leaving that job and will return to the US, to a different role at Barclays. He is already spending more of his time in the US.

The Province of Quebec on Tuesday added the third strong Canadian sub-sovereign deal in sterling this year, tightening 2bp from guidance and pricing through its domestic curve with its first trade in the currency in over 20 years. The Province of Manitoba is attempting to copy the success of its peers in sterling, after mandating for a debut deal.

Verizon Communications will meet Swiss investors on Tuesday afternoon to discuss an inaugural Swiss franc bond.

Litigation finance house Burford Capital is set to become this year’s second issuer on the London Stock Exchange’s Order book for Retail Bonds (Orb).

Corporate bond issuers in Europe made a busy start with multi-tranche deals from energy company E.On and brewer AB InBev, as primary markets shrugged off the biggest ever cyber-attack on businesses around the world at the weekend.

The Depository Trust & Clearing Corporation (DTCC) on Monday committed to expanding its use of cloud technology “across a much greater range of its services and applications” over the next three to five years.

The Province of Quebec will print in sterling for the first time in over 20 years after hiring banks on Monday for a five year deal, joining other Canadian provinces in returning or debuting in the currency in 2017. The trade will come in the same week as the UK sovereign sells the first syndication of its 2017-18 financial year.

Abengoa’s yieldco spinoff, Atlantica Yield, took a step further from its troubled Spanish major shareholder on Monday, having received its first double-B rating from Standard & Poor’s.

Citigroup, State Street and Bank of New York tapped the market as the callable bandwagon rolled on and banks continued to boost their regulatory capital buffers.

Guarantor: Canada

Volatility late in the week failed to dampen a scorching few days of public sector dollar issuance, auguring well for more expected supply in the currency next week. Four issuers — some of which came this week to avoid other trades pencilled in for next week — were able to price deals at tight levels, with some coming through their curves.

Amgen and Intel led the scramble into the US dollar bond market this week with big trades as corporates looked to lock in funding ahead of an expected interest rate rise by the Federal Reserve next month.